mite

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/maɪt/

Inherited from Middle English

Inherited from Old English

Cognate with Old High German

Cognate with Middle Dutch

Cognate with Dutch

Cognate with Danish

In summary

From Middle English mite, from Old English mīte (“mite, tiny insect”), from Proto-West Germanic *mītā, from Proto-Germanic *mītǭ (“biting insect”, literally “cutter”), from *maitaną (“to cut”), from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“small”) or *meh₂y- (“to cut”). Akin to Old High German mīza (“mite”), Middle Dutch mīte (“moth, mite”), Dutch mijt (“moth, mite”), Danish mide (“mite”).