... Latin "miscere" meaning "to mix", just like that verb does. A German verb, "mischen" also does, and retains the meaning.
The way German compound words work, a Gemisch is a mixture. Technically, a Gemenge also can be, because we also have a verb "mengen", but it is rarely encountered.
However, we do also have the noun "Menge" which means either "amount", or when describing people, a mass or audience or other large group.
So even if the word itself doesn't mean that, "Gemenge"...
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