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From Middle English mire, a borrowing from Old Norse mýrr, from Proto-Germanic *miuzijō, whence also Swedish myr, Norwegian myr, Icelandic mýri, Dutch *mier (in placenames, for example Mierlo). Related to Proto-Germanic *meusą, whence 古期英語 mēos, and Proto-Germanic *musą, whence 古期英語 mos (English moss).
mire (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 mires)
mire (三人称単数 現在形 mires, 現在分詞 miring, 過去形および過去分詞形 mired)
From Middle English mire, from 古期英語 *mȳre, *mīere, from Proto-West Germanic *miurijā, from Proto-Germanic *miurijǭ (“ant”). Cognate to Old Norse maurr, Danish myre, Middle Dutch miere (“ant”) (Dutch mier). All probably from Proto-Indo-European *morwi- (“ant”), whence also cognate to Latin formīca.