mist
English
/mɪst/
noun
Definitions
- (countable) Water or other liquid finely suspended in air.
- (countable) A layer of fine droplets or particles.
- (figurative) Anything that dims, darkens, or hinders vision.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English mist inherited from Old English mist (darkness, dimness, mist) inherited from Proto-Germanic *mihstaz (mist, fog) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *h₃migʰstos.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₃migʰstos
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bemist English
- demist English
- demister English
- enmist English
- flower English
- ground English
- groundmist English
- misteous English
- mistflower English
- mistful English
- mistify English
- mistily English
- mistiness English
- mistless English
- mistlessness English
- mistlike English
- misty English
- mistyish English
- unmist English
- unmisty English
- mist Dutch, Flemish
- mistgordijn Dutch, Flemish
- mistig Dutch, Flemish
- мгла Russian
- мглистый Russian
- *h₃migʰstos Proto-Indo-European
- *h₃mígʰs Proto-Indo-European
- *migʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *mihstaz Proto-Germanic
- *mīganą Proto-Germanic
- mist Swedish
- mist Old English
- मिह् Sanskrit
- मेघ Sanskrit
- mest Middle English
- meyst Middle English
- mist Middle English
- miste Middle English
- misti Middle English
- misty Middle English
- myst Middle English
- myste Middle English
- mysti Middle English
- mysty Middle English
- mistr Old Norse
- *mьgla Proto-Slavic
- मेघ Hindi
- เมฆ Thai
- mist Middle Dutch
- మేఘము Telugu
- mega Malay
- မေဃာလယ Burmese
- *mist Old Dutch
- miseln Middle Low German
- megha Pali
- મેહુલિયો Gujarati
- *Hmaygʰás Proto-Indo-Iranian
- មេឃ Central Khmer
- *Hmaygʰás Proto-Indo-Aryan
- مینہ Urdu
- 𑀫𑁂𑀳 Sauraseni Prakrit
- 𑀫𑁂𑀳 Maharastri Prakrit
- மேகம் Tamil
- ເມກ Lao
- ಮೇಘ Kannada
- ꠝꠦꠊ Sylheti
- ᮙᮦᮌ Sundanese
- ମେଘ Oriya
- મીં Kachchi
- meh inc-kho
- মেক Hajong