Mite Definition
- To a small degree; somewhat:
That remark was a mite unfair.
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Origin of Mite
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Middle English mite, from Old English mÄ«te (“mite, tiny insect"), from Proto-Germanic *mÄ«tÇ (“biting insect"; literally, "cutter"), from Proto-Germanic *maitanÄ… (“to cut"), from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“small"). Akin to Old High German mÄ«za (“mite"), Middle Dutch mÄ«te (“moth, mite"), Dutch mijt (“moth, mite"), Danish mide (“mite").
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Middle English from Middle Dutch Middle Low German mīte a small Flemish coin, tiny animal
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Middle English from Old English mīte
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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