mist

mist
{{11}}mist (n.) O.E. mist "dimness (of eyesight), mist" (earliest in compounds, such as misthleoðu "misty cliffs," wælmist "mist of death"), from P.Gmc. *mikhstaz (Cf. M.L.G. mist, Du. mist, Icelandic mistur, Norw., Swed. mist), perhaps from PIE *meigh- "to urinate" (Cf. Gk. omikhle, O.C.S. migla, Skt. mih, megha "cloud, mist;" see MICTURATION (Cf. micturation)).
Sometimes distinguished from fog, either as being less opaque or as consisting of drops large enough to have a perceptible downward motion. [OED]
Also in Old English in sense of "dimness of the eyes, either by illness or tears," and in figurative sense of "things that obscure mental vision."
{{12}}mist (v.) O.E. mistian "to become misty, to be or grow misty;" see MIST (Cf. mist) (n.). Meaning "To cover with mist" is early 15c. Related: Misted; misting.

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