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misti

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See also: miști and Misti

Italian

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Noun

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misti m pl

  1. plural of misto

Adjective

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misti m pl

  1. masculine plural of misto

Anagrams

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Latin

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Verb

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mīstī

  1. (poetic, syncopated) second-person singular perfect active indicative of mittō, contracted form of mīsistī

Lithuanian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Baltic *meit- (to feed on), and cognate with Latvian mist (id). The Baltic root seems to further derive from a Proto-Indo-European *meyt(h)-, though cognates are debated. Pokorny equated the root to *meyth₂- (to exchange), taking the primary meaning as "abode, dwelling-place"; Derksen is skeptical due to another descendant of said root, Proto-Slavic *mě̀sto (place, town), featuring an acute accent rather than the circumflex accent found in the Baltic forms. Fraenkel is skeptical as well, and prefers connecting Old Irish méith (fat) and Icelandic meið (fattiest whale blubber).[1]

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /ˈmʲiːsʲtʲɪ/

Verb

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mìsti (third-person present tense miñta, third-person past tense mìto)

  1. to feed on, nourish oneself

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “misti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 321-2

Middle English

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Etymology 1

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Adjective

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misti

  1. Alternative form of mysty (misty)

Etymology 2

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Adjective

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misti

  1. Alternative form of mysty (figurative)