mix

Etymology 1

From Middle English mixen (attested in past tense as mixed, myxyd), from Old English *mixian, miscian, from Proto-West Germanic *miskijan, from Proto-Germanic *miskijaną, 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 μίγνυμι (mígnumi, “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.

verb

1. (transitive) To stir together.
   Mix the eggs and milk with the flour until the consistency is smooth.
2. (transitive) To combine (items from two or more sources normally kept separate).
   to mix business with pleasure
   Don't mix the meat recipes with the dairy recipes.
   She mixed furniture with the same fatal profligacy as she mixed drinks, and this outrageous contact between things which were intended by Nature to be kept poles apart gave her an inexpressible thrill. 1935, George Goodchild, chapter 1, in Death on the Centre Court
3. (transitive, intransitive) To form by mingling; to produce by the stirring together of ingredients; to concoct from different parts.
   Yellow and blue paint mix to make green.
   She mixed furniture with the same fatal profligacy as she mixed drinks, and this outrageous contact between things which were intended by Nature to be kept poles apart gave her an inexpressible thrill. 1935, George Goodchild, chapter 1, in Death on the Centre Court
4. (transitive) To blend by the use of a mixer (machine).
   Mix the egg whites until they are stiff.
5. (transitive, music) To combine (several tracks).
   I'll mix the rhythm tracks down to a single track.
6. (transitive, music) To produce a finished version of (a recording).
   I'm almost done mixing this song.
7. (transitive, intransitive) To unite with in company; to join; to associate.
   The mention of the six knots of elderwood is curious, for that tree mixes largely in folk lore. 1866, William Henderson, Notes on the Folk-lore of the Northern Counties of England and the Borders, page 183

Etymology 2

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.

noun

1. The result of mixing two or more substances; a mixture.
   Now add the raisins to the mix.
   […] fifteen flavors of powdered mixes in traditional scoop-out packages, seven flavors of single-serve bottled drinks, and three flavors of multiserve bottles. 2015, Don E. Schultz, Beth E. Barnes, Heidi F. Schultz, Building Customer-brand Relationships, page 102
2. The result of combining items normally kept separate.
   My recipe file was now a mix of meat and dairy.
   The combination of classical music and hip hop is a surprisingly good mix.
   A Chronicle of Higher Education tracker of nearly 3,000 colleges found that of those with firm plans, 19% are opening primarily in person; 27% are primarily online; and 16% are, like Penn State, a mix. Sept 10 2020, Katie Reilly, “As Colleges Open During a Pandemic, Student Life Remains Closed”, in Time
3. (music) The result of mixing several tracks.
   The rhythm mix sounds muddy.
4. (music) The finished version of a recording.
   I've almost finished the mix for this song.
5. (US, slang, uncountable) A substance used to dilute or adulterate an illicit drug.
   Eventually I could taste different drugs and tell how much mix in it or if there’s too much mix in it or what have you. 1977, John Allen, chapter 11, in Assault with a Deadly Weapon: The Autobiography of a Street Criminal,, New York: Pantheon Books, page 160