An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

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miss
  نپیدن  
napidan
Fr.: manquer, rater, louper  

  1. Fail to hit, reach, or come into contact with (something aimed at); to fail to do something.

    1. Pass by without touching.

    2. Feel or notice the loss or absence of.

Etymology (EN): M.E. missen, O.E. missan “fail to hit, miss (a mark); fail in what was aimed at,” akin to Du. missen, Ger. missen “to miss, fail,” from PIE *mei- “to change, go, move.”

Etymology (PE): Napidan, literally “fail attain, reach, or find,” from negation suffix na-, → not, + Av. ap- “to reach, attain;” cf. Mid./Mod.Pers. (+abi-) yâftan “to obtain, to find;” Proto-Ir. *Hap/f- “to reach, attain;” PIE *H1ep- “to take, seize, grab;” cf. L. apiscor “to reach, to get” (Cheung 2007).