Etymology of the English word missus
the English word
missusderived 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)
derived from the English word
spokenDate
The earliest known usage of missus in English dates from the 19th century.
Usage
Word found in Modern English
