Etymology
1. 1538, back-formation from M.E.
myxte (c.1480), from Anglo-Fr.
mixte, from L.
mixtus, pp. of
miscere "to mix," from PIE
*meik- "to mix" (cf. Skt.
misrah "mixed," Gk.
misgein "to mix, mingle," O.C.S.
meso, mesiti "to mix," Rus.
meshat, Lith.
maisau "to mix, mingle," Welsh
mysgu). Also borrowed in O.E. as
miscian. The noun is attested from c.1586.
Mixer "troublemaker" is from 1938; in sense of "social gathering to mingle and get acquainted" it dates from 1916.
Mixture is attested from c.1460, from L.
mixtura, from
mixtus. Slang
mixologist "bartender" is from 1856.
Mixed marriage is from 1698.
Miced bag "heterogeneous collection" is from 1936.
Mixed up "confused" is from 1862;
mix-up "confusion" first recorded 1898.
2. From Middle English mixen (attested in past tense as mixed, myxyd), from Old English *mixian, miscian, from Proto-West Germanic *miskijan, from Proto-West Germanic *miskijan (“to mix”), from Proto-Indo-European *miḱ-sḱé-ti, from *meyǵ-, *meyḱ- (“to mix”).
3. Cognate with Saterland Frisian miskje (“to mix, blend”), Middle Dutch mischen (“to mix”), Low German misken, mischen (“to mix”), Old High German miskian, miskēn (“to mix”) (German mischen), Welsh mysgu (“to mix”), Latin misceō (“mix”), Ancient Greek μῑ́γνῡμῐ (mī́gnūmĭ, “to mix”), Old Church Slavonic мѣсити (měsiti, “to mix”), Lithuanian mišti and maišyti (“to mix”), Sanskrit मिश्र (miśra, “mixed”), Persian آمیختن (âmixtan, “to mix”), Old English māsc (“mixture, mash”). More at mash. See: Frisian, Saterlandic 'miskje', Old High German 'miskian', German, old spelling '
mischen', Welsh '
mysgu', Latin '
misceō', Old Church Slavonic '
мѣсити', Sanskrit '
मिश्र'.
Verbs referencing "mix"
French
mixer, German, old spelling
mischen, Esperanto
miksi, Dutch
mixen, German, old spelling
mixen, Italian
missare, Ido mixar, Norwegian
mikse, Norwegian, nynorsk
mikse, Luxembourgish
mëschen, Sanskrit
मिच्छति.