English
emissarium
Emissarium comes from Latin ēmissārium ‘drain, outlet’, from ēmissus ‘discharged, emitted, expelled’, and ultimately from mittō.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmittō‘to send, dispatch, cause to go, let go, release, discharge’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEēmittō‘to send forth, emit, discharge’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEēmissus‘discharged, emitted, expelled’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEēmissārium‘drain, outlet’
- Englishtodayemissarium
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmittō‘to send, dispatch, cause to go, let go, release, discharge’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEēmittō‘to send forth, emit, discharge’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEēmissus‘discharged, emitted, expelled’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEēmissārium‘drain, outlet’
- Englishtodayemissarium
Linked words
through Old Latin mītō
permission, transmission, admission, submission, omission, remission, unremitting, commissariat, 19 more
through Latin mittō ‘to send, dispatch, cause to go, let go,…’
committee, commission, admit, mission, mess, commit, missile, transmit, premise, dismiss, intermittent, omit, amit, remit, permissive, commissary, commissar, remiss, missive, 31 more
through Latin ēmittō ‘to send forth, emit, discharge’
Today it means
noun A drain or outlet.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin mittō / emissarium