Mix

What “Mix” means

Verb

1. To stir together.
2. To combine (items from two or more sources normally kept separate).
3. To form by mingling; to produce by the stirring together of ingredients; to concoct from different parts.
4. To blend by the use of a mixer (machine).
5. To combine (several tracks).

Noun

1. The result of mixing two or more substances; a mixture.
2. The result of combining items normally kept separate.
3. A preparation, usually in the form of a powder, into which other ingredients can be mixed to prepare a specified foodstuff.
4. The result of mixing several tracks.
5. The finished version of a recording.

Where the word comes from

From Middle English mixen (attested in past tense as mixed, myxyd), from Old English *mixian, miscian, from Proto-West Germanic *miskijan, from Proto-West Germanic *miskijan (“to mix”), from Proto-Indo-European *miḱ-sḱé-ti, from *meyǵ-, *meyḱ- (“to mix”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian miskje (“to mix, blend”), Middle Dutch mischen (“to mix”), Low German misken, mischen (“to mix”), Old High German miskian, miskēn (“to mix”) (German mischen), Welsh mysgu (“to mix”), Latin misceō (“mix”), Ancient Greek μῑ́γνῡμῐ (mī́gnūmĭ, “to mix”), Old Church Slavonic мѣсити (měsiti, “to mix”), Lithuanian mišti and maišyti (“to mix”), Sanskrit मिश्र (miśra, “mixed”), Persian آمیختن (âmixtan, “to mix”), Old English māsc (“mixture, mash”). More at mash.

A merger of a nominal use of the verb and a borrowing from Anglo-Norman mixte, from Latin mixtus, past participle of misceō (“mix”). Nowadays regarded automatically as the nominal form of the verb.

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Industries where “Mix” fits

We suggest this word for 4 business types and industries, including:

• DJ Business
• Recording Studio
• Independent Artists, Writers, and Performers
• Sound Recording Studios