Proto-Indo-European
*meyth₂-
‘exchange, remove’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-.
38 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-, most familiar first.
- miss ← missen ← missan ← *missijan ← *missijaną
- message ← missāticum ← mittere
- commission ← commissioun ← commissiō ← committō ← mittō
- mad ← ġemǣdan ← *mǣdan ← *maidijaną ← *moyth₂-éye-ti
- mess ← mes ← mēse ← mē(n)sa ← mittō
- commit ← committen ← committō ← mittō ← mītō
- missile ← missilis ← mittō ← mītō
- dismiss ← dimissus ← dīmittō ← mittō ← mītō
- premise ← premisse ← premissa ← praemittere ← mittō
- mute ← mutō
- mutant ← mūtāns ← mūtō
- madden ← mad ← ġemǣdan ← *mǣdan ← *maidijaną
More words from *meyth₂-
- intermittent
- omit
- misnomer
- mutate
- transmutation
- commutative
- commutation
- mutable
- missive
- molt
- moult
- transmute
- mutability
- permute
- mittimus
- dimit
- fideicommissum
- immutate
- immute
- intermoult
- mathom
- mittent
- mithuna
- mutoscope
- remew
- transmew
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Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-