English
mittimus
Mittimus comes from Latin mittō ‘send’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmittō‘send’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmittimus
- Englishearliest quotation 1607same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmittō‘send’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmittimus
- Englishearliest quotation 1607same form
Earliest quotation: 1607, The Knight of the Burning Pestle: “Away George, away, raise the watch at Ludgate, and…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *mey- ‘change’
mean, common, met, community, minister, minute, meal, ministry, communication, minor, menu, communist, min, mere, mutual, communicate, compromise, immune, mole, communism, minus, communal, ammo, ammunition, mayhem, municipality, communion, noodle, immunity, moor, mural, commune, remuneration, monolith, minstrel, mite, meiosis, communiqué, mitosis, mitra, 70 more
through Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂- ‘exchange, remove’
message, miss, mad, madden, mutant, mute, misnomer, mutate, molt, transmutation, moult, commutative, mutable, commutation, 14 more
through Latin mittō ‘send’
commission, mission, mess, committee, admit, missile, commit, dismiss, premise, transmit, intermittent, emit, commissary, permissive, omit, amit, commissar, remiss, missive, 32 more
Today it means
noun A warrant issued for someone to be taken into custody.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin mittō / mittimus