English
emissitious
Emissitious comes from Latin emissitius, from ēmittō ‘to send forth, emit, discharge’, and ultimately from mittō.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmittō‘to send, dispatch, cause to go, let go, release, discharge’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEēmittōas emittere‘to send forth, emit, discharge’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEemissitius
- Englishearliest quotation 1620emissitious
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 CEēmittōas emittere‘to send forth, emit, discharge’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEemissitius
- Englishearliest quotation 1620emissitious
Earliest quotation: 1620, Joseph Hall: “Malicious Mass-Priest, cast back those emissitious eyes, to your…”
Linked words
through Old Latin mītō
permission, transmission, admission, submission, omission, remission, commissariat, unremitting, 19 more
through Latin mittō ‘to send, dispatch, cause to go, let go,…’
committee, mess, commission, admit, mission, commit, missile, transmit, dismiss, premise, intermittent, omit, amit, remit, commissary, commissar, permissive, remiss, missive, 31 more
through Latin ēmittō ‘to send forth, emit, discharge’
Today it means
adj Looking, or narrowly examining; prying, nosy or meticulous.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin mittō / emissitious