Etymology of the English word Miss
the English word
Missderived from the English word
mistressderived from the Old French word
maistressederived from the Old French word
maistrederived from the Late Latin word
magister (teacher, tutor, master)
derived from the Latin word
magis (bigger; greater)
derived from the Latin word
magnus (large; full, complete, utter; great; mighty; distinguished; large, great, big)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*meg- (great)
Date
The earliest known usage of Miss in English dates from the 17th century.
Derivations in English
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