mix

pronunciation

How to pronounce mix in British English: UK [mɪks] word uk audio image

How to pronounce mix in American English: US [ mɪks] word us audio image

Noun:

a commercially prepared mixture of dry ingredients
an event that combines things in a mixture
the act of mixing together
Verb:

mix together different elements
open (a place) to members of all races and ethnic groups
to bring or combine together or with something else
as of electronic signals
add as an additional element or part
mix so as to make a random order or arrangement

Word Origin

mix: mix: [15] English originally acquired this word in the form mixt or mixed, a past participial adjective, and did not coin the new verb mix from it until the 16th century. Mixt came via Old French from Latin mixtus, the past participle of the verb miscēre ‘mix’. Derivatives of miscēre to have reached English include miscellaneous [17] and promiscuous [17], and its Vulgar Latin descendant *misculāre ‘mix up’ has given English meddle [14], medley [14], and mêlée [17]. Miscegenation [19] was coined in the USA around 1863 from miscēre and Latin genus ‘race’.=> meddle, medley, miscellaneous, mustang, promiscuous

mix (v.): 1530s, back-formation from Middle English myxte (early 15c.) "composed of more than one element, of mixed nature," from Anglo-French mixte, from Latin mixtus, past participle of miscere "to mix, mingle, blend; fraternize with; throw into confusion," from PIE *meik- "to mix" (cognates: Sanskrit misrah "mixed," Greek misgein, mignynai "to mix, mix up, mingle; to join, bring together; join (battle); make acquainted with," Old Church Slavonic mešo, mesiti "to mix," Russian meshat, Lithuanian maišau "to mix, mingle," Welsh mysgu). Also borrowed in Old English as miscian. Related: Mixed; mixing.

vt.

vt.

1. You are either an extrovert or an introvert , but never a mix of the two .