misculo

Latin

Etymology

Attested from the ninth century.^[1] From misceō, possibly by analogy with maculō, or from a deformation of Late Latin miscuere, miscuare, formed from Latin miscuī, first person singular perfect of misceō. Compare also Old High German miskilōn, miscilōn, miskelōn (“to mix, mix together”).

Verb

misculō (present infinitive misculāre, perfect active misculāvī, supine misculātum); first conjugation (Early Medieval Latin)

1. to mix

Conjugation

Conjugation of misculō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	misculō	misculās	misculat	misculāmus	misculātis	misculant
	imperfect	misculābam	misculābās	misculābat	misculābāmus	misculābātis	misculābant
	future	misculābō	misculābis	misculābit	misculābimus	misculābitis	misculābunt
	perfect	misculāvī	misculāvistī	misculāvit	misculāvimus	misculāvistis	misculāvērunt, misculāvēre
	pluperfect	misculāveram	misculāverās	misculāverat	misculāverāmus	misculāverātis	misculāverant
	future perfect	misculāverō	misculāveris	misculāverit	misculāverimus	misculāveritis	misculāverint
passive	present	misculor	misculāris, misculāre	misculātur	misculāmur	misculāminī	misculantur
	imperfect	misculābar	misculābāris, misculābāre	misculābātur	misculābāmur	misculābāminī	misculābantur
	future	misculābor	misculāberis, misculābere	misculābitur	misculābimur	misculābiminī	misculābuntur
	perfect	misculātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	misculātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	misculātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	misculem	misculēs	misculet	misculēmus	misculētis	misculent
	imperfect	misculārem	misculārēs	misculāret	misculārēmus	misculārētis	misculārent
	perfect	misculāverim	misculāverīs	misculāverit	misculāverīmus	misculāverītis	misculāverint
	pluperfect	misculāvissem	misculāvissēs	misculāvisset	misculāvissēmus	misculāvissētis	misculāvissent
passive	present	misculer	misculēris, misculēre	misculētur	misculēmur	misculēminī	misculentur
	imperfect	misculārer	misculārēris, misculārēre	misculārētur	misculārēmur	misculārēminī	misculārentur
	perfect	misculātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	misculātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	misculā	—	—	misculāte	—
	future	—	misculātō	misculātō	—	misculātōte	misculantō
passive	present	—	misculāre	—	—	misculāminī	—
	future	—	misculātor	misculātor	—	—	misculantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		misculāre	misculāvisse	misculātūrum esse	misculārī	misculātum esse	misculātum īrī
participles		misculāns	—	misculātūrus	—	misculātus	misculandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		misculandī	misculandō	misculandum	misculandō	misculātum	misculātū

Derived terms

• *misculātīcius

Descendants

• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: mescolare, miscolare, mischiare

    Tuscan: meschià, meschiare

  • Sicilian: mmiscari, miscari, ammiscari
• North Italian:
  • Ligurian: mescciâ
  • Lombard: mes-ciar
  • Piedmontese: mës-cé
  • Emilian: mesc-iar
  • Venetan: misiar, misciar
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: mesclar
  • Franco-Provençal: mêclar
  • Old French: mesler, medler, meller, *mescler
    • Middle French: mesler, mescler, medler, meller
      • French: mêler
    • Norman: mêler
    • → Middle English: medlen, medelin, meddlen, mellen
      • English: meddle, mell
      • Yola: mell
  • Occitan: mesclar
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Aragonese: mezclar

    Ribagorçan: mezcllar

  • Old Galician-Portuguese: mezclar, mezcrar, mizclar, mizcrar
    • Portuguese: mesclar, miscrar
  • Old Spanish: mesclar
    • Spanish: mezclar

References

1. Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “misculo”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 6/2: Mercatio–Mneme, page mĭscŭlare