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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-