Etymology of the English word mirage
the English word
miragederived from the French word
miragederived from the Old French word
mirerderived from the Vulgar Latin word
mirare (admire, revere; wonder; be amazed, surprised, bewildered)
derived from the Classical Latin word
mirari (admire, revere; wonder; be amazed, surprised, bewildered)
derived from the Latin word
mirus (wonderful, strange, remarkable)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*smei-using the French suffix
-agederived from the Vulgar Latin suffix
-aticumderived from the Latin suffix
-aticusderived from the Latin suffix
-icusderived from the Greek suffix
-ikos, -ϊκος, -ικος, -ῖκος
derived from the Latin suffix
-atDate
The earliest known usage of mirage in English dates from the 19th century.
Usage
Word found in Modern English
