Old English · noun
mite
- Part of speech
- noun, feminine
Meaning
a mite, small insect
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *mītā, from Proto-Germanic *mītǭ (“biting insect”, literally “cutter”), from *maitaną (“to cut”).
Descendants
mite
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