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mirror

Mane (Îngilîzî)

Têgeh

eynik

hêlî

mirêk

ئاوێنه

Pircarînî

B1
Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin
/ˈmɪ.ɹə/
Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

In summary

From Middle English mirour, from Old French mireor (“mirror”, literally “looker, watcher”), from mirer (“look at”), from Latin mīror (“wonder at”), from mīrus (“wonderful”), from Proto-Indo-European *smey- (“to laugh, to be glad”). Displaced native Middle English schewere, schawere, from Old English sċēawere (“mirror”, literally “watcher”), which was also the word for "spy".

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