English
dimit
Dimit comes from Latin dimittere ‘to send away, let go’, and goes back to mittō.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmittōas mittere‘to send’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdimittere‘to send away, let go’
- Englishtodaydimit
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmittōas mittere‘to send’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdimittere‘to send away, let go’
- Englishtodaydimit
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *mey- ‘change’
mean, common, community, met, minister, minute, communication, meal, ministry, communist, minor, menu, mutual, communicate, mere, min, compromise, immune, communism, ammunition, minus, communal, mole, communion, municipality, mural, ammo, immunity, mayhem, noodle, moor, commune, remuneration, monolith, minstrel, meiosis, communiqué, mite, munition, mitosis, 70 more
through Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂- ‘exchange, remove’
message, miss, mad, mute, mutant, madden, mutate, transmutation, misnomer, commutative, commutation, mutable, molt, moult, 14 more
through Latin mittō ‘to send’
commission, mission, committee, mess, admit, missile, commit, premise, dismiss, transmit, intermittent, commissary, permissive, emit, commissar, omit, remiss, amit, missive, 32 more
Today it means
verb To dismiss, let go, or release.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin mittō / dimit