## Meanings
1. A piece of glass with a special backing that you can see your reflection in.
2. To be very similar to something, or to reflect it closely.
3. Something that reflects or shows the true nature of another thing.

## Examples
- She looked in the mirror to check her hair.
- His success mirrored that of his older brother.
- His story is a mirror of life for many young orphans.

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *(s)mey-
- Root: mirour
- Root: mireor
- Root: mīror
- Root: *smey-

## Etymology
From Middle English mirour, from Old French mireor (“mirror”, literally “looker, watcher”), from mirer (“look at”), from Latin mīror (“wonder at”), from mīrus (“wonderful”), from Proto-Indo-European *smey- (“to laugh, to be glad”). Displaced native Middle English schewere, schawere, from Old English sċēawere (“mirror”, literally “watcher”), which was also the word for "spy".

## AI Etymology
Mirror comes from Middle English mirour, from Old French mireor (“mirror”, literally “looker, watcher”), from mirer (“look at”), from Latin mīror (“wonder at”), from mīrus (“wonderful”), from Proto-Indo-European *smey- (“to laugh, to be glad”). Displaced native Middle English schewere, schawere, from Old English sċēawere (“mirror”, literally “watcher”), which was also the word for "spy". In present-day English its meanings include a piece of glass with a special backing that you can see your reflection in, to be very similar to something, or to reflect it closely, and something that reflects or shows the true nature of another thing. The historical chain runs through *(s)mey- (Proto-Indo-European), mirour (Middle English), mireor (Old French), mīror (Latin), and *smey- (Proto-Indo-European).

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