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English word mirage comes from Proto-Indo-European *smei-, Proto-Italic *smeiros, and later Latin mirus (Wonderful, marvelous, amazing, surprising, awesome.)
*smei- (Proto-Indo-European)
to smear, stroke, wipe, rub
*smeiros (Proto-Italic)
mirus (English)
mirus (Latin)
Wonderful, marvelous, amazing, surprising, awesome.
miror (Latin)
(transitive) I am astonished at, marvel at, admire, am amazed at, wonder at.
mirer (Old French)
To look at; to watch.
mirer (French)
(literary, or, dated) to watch intensely, to stare.
mirage (French)
Mirage.
mirage (English)
(transitive) To cause to appear as or like a mirage. (figuratively) An illusion.. An optical phenomenon in which light is refracted through a layer of hot air close to the ground, giving the appearance of there being refuge in the distance.