Etymograph

English

mi

Mi comes from Middle English mi ‘third degree or note of Guido of Arezzo's…’, and goes back to Latin mīra ‘miracles’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmīra1‘miracles’
  2. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500mi1‘third degree or note of Guido of Arezzo's hexachordal scales’
  3. Englishtodaymi1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English mi

Earlier history not traced here. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmīraWiktionary, English mi‘miracles’
  2. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500miWiktionary, English mi‘third degree or note of Guido of Arezzo's hexachordal scales’
  3. EnglishtodaymiWiktionary, English mi

Linked words

through Latin mīra ‘miracles’

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through Middle English mi ‘third degree or note of Guido of Arezzo's…’

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Today it means

noun A syllable used in sol-fa (solfège) to represent the third note of a major scale.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “mi”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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