mixture English · revision 7222

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=early 15th century|origins=la misceo}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈmɪkst͡ʃɚ/; /ˈmɪkstʃə/ ''(UK)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|fro|misture]], French mixture, and directly [[bor|la|mixtura|t=a mixing]], mistura,^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)^(Hoad 1986)^(SOED 2002) from mixtus, the past participle of [[m|la|misceo|alt=miscēre|t=to mix]] (see [[mix]]), from PIE [[ine-pro|*meyḱ-|alt=*meik-|t=to mix]].^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ That which results from mixing: the early 15th century in Etymonline;^(Etymonline) the act of mixing, or the state of being mixed, the mid-15th century.^(Etymonline) The earlier word for both was mixtion (late 14th century).^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ A product made by mixing with stated components is from 1460–70.^(OED 1989) The process of mixing is from 1530,^(OED 1989) and a mixed state or coexistence of different elements from 1597.^(OED 1989) An obsolete sense, sexual intercourse, is from 1483,^(OED 1989) and social mixing, also obsolete, from 1764.^(OED 1989) In chemistry, a mixture is a combination of substances not chemically united, as opposed to a compound.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * early 15th century – that which results from mixing.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1460 – a mixed product.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1530 – the process of mixing.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1597 – a mixed state.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A substance or thing made by mixing other things.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # A combination of different qualities or things: ''a mixture of hope and fear''.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # ''(chemistry)'' A combination of substances that are not chemically bonded.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # The process of mixing or the state of being mixed.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[admixture]]

+ * [[commixture]]

+ * [[intermixture]]

+ * [[Bordeaux mixture]]

+ * [[Brompton mixture]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[mix]]

+ * [[mixer]]

+ * [[mixed]]

+ * [[miscellaneous]]

+ * [[promiscuous]]

+ * [[meddle]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}