English
omission
Omission comes from Late Latin omissio, from Latin omitto ‘to let go, allow to pass by, let fall or let…’, and ultimately from mittō.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmittō‘to send, dispatch, cause to go, let go, release, discharge’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CE*ommittōreconstructed
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEomitto‘to let go, allow to pass by, let fall or let loose’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEomissio
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400omission
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500omissioun‘omission, neglection’
- Englishearliest quotation 2023omission
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 CE*ommittōreconstructed
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEomitto‘to let go, allow to pass by, let fall or let loose’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEomissio
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400omission
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500omissioun‘omission, neglection’
- Englishearliest quotation 2023omission
Earliest quotation: 2023, Clive Young, chapter three: From Union to Devolution: “Scots was not ‘banned’ outright — impossible anyway with…”
Linked words
through Proto-Italic *meitō ‘to put forth, put out’
through Old Latin mītō
remit, remission, commissariat, 21 more
through Latin mittō ‘to send, dispatch, cause to go, let go,…’
committee, admit, mess, commit, commission, permission, transmission, transmit, premise, missile, dismiss, intermittent, admission, submission, emit, amit, emission, commissary, permissive, commissar, remiss, missive, 28 more
through Latin omitto ‘to let go, allow to pass by, let fall or let…’
Today it means
noun The act of omitting.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin mittō / omission