miser
Latin
adj
Definitions
- poor, wretched, pitiful
- miserable, unhappy
- worthless, null
- tragic, unfortunate
- sick
- tormenting
Etymology
Derived from Proto-Indo-European *mēwdʰ- (be emotional about, complain, complain care about something).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*mēwdʰ-
Gloss
be emotional about, complain, complain care about something
Concept
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Cognates and derived terms
- maereo Latin
- miserum Latin
- immiserire Italian
- miserabile Italian
- miseramente Italian
- miseria Italian
- misero Italian
- μῖσος Ancient Greek
- *mēwdʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- मिथ्या Sanskrit
- mizer Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- mjerë Albanian
- *m(i)ier- Proto-Albanian