Etymograph

English

submixture

From sub- + mixture.

Formed from sub- + mixture

Proto-Indo-European *upó ‘up; from below’

Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’

Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’

English sub-

Proto-Indo-European *meyḱ- ‘to mix’

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Latin misceō ‘mix’

Latin mixtus ‘mixed’

Latin mixtūra ‘a mixing’

Old French misture

English mixture

Today it means

noun A mixture of elements that will itself be mixed with other elements.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “submixture”. 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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