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"to mix" in seven languages

Meaningto mix

Spanish

mezclar

/meθˈklaɾ/

inherited

French

mélanger

/melɑ̃ʒe/

inherited

Built on mêler, the direct heir; mêler survives in se mêler de 'to meddle in'.

Italian

mescolare

/meskoˈlare/

inherited

Mischiare is just as common.

Portuguese

misturar

/mistuˈɾah/

other source · mistura 'mixture' (Latin MIXTŪRA)

Romanian

amesteca

/amesteˈka/

other source · spoken Latin *AMMISTICĀRE (built on MISCĒRE)

Catalan

barrejar

/bərəˈʒa/

other source · of uncertain origin

Mesclar, the direct heir of *MISCULĀRE, also exists.

English

mix

/mɪks/

from Latin/French · mixed, from Old French mixte (Latin MIXTUS, from MISCĒRE)

English → Italianto mixmescolareCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

*MISCULĀRE‘to mix (Vulgar Latin, from MISCĒRE)’

All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.

The story

Spoken Latin made MISCĒRE into *MISCULĀRE. French lost the s (mêler, marked by its circumflex) and English meddle comes from the same Old French verb.

English relatives: mix, mixture, miscellaneous, meddle

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In a sentence

  • esMezcla la harina con los huevos.
  • frMélangez la farine avec les œufs.
  • itMescola la farina con le uova.
  • ptMisture a farinha com os ovos.
  • roAmestecă făina cu ouăle.
  • caBarreja la farina amb els ous.
  • enMix the flour with the eggs.

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