Etymology of the English word missis
the English word
missisderived 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)
Usage
Word found in Modern English
