Old English · noun

miss

Part of speech: noun, neuter
Declension: strong a-stem
IPA: /miss/
[mis]
Syllables: miss (1 syllable)
Modern English: miss loss

Meaning

loss

Declension

Declension of miss
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	miss	miss
Accusative	miss	miss
Genitive	misses	missa
Dative	misse	missum

All forms (5)

miss
misses
missa
misse
missum

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *miss, from Proto-Germanic *miss- (“loss, want”), from Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂- (“to change, replace”). Cognate with Old Norse missir, missa (“loss”).

Descendants

miss

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