English
remiss
Remiss comes from Latin remissus ‘languid, negligent’, from remittō ‘remit’, and ultimately from mittō ‘to send, dispatch, cause to go, let go,…’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmittō‘to send, dispatch, cause to go, let go, release, discharge’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEremittō‘remit’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEremissus‘languid, negligent’perfect passive participle of remittō
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500remisse
- Englishearliest quotation 1671remiss
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 CEremittō‘remit’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEremissus‘languid, negligent’perfect passive participle of remittō
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500remisse
- Englishearliest quotation 1671remiss
Earliest quotation: 1671, John Milton, Samson Agonistes, […].: “Thou never waſt remiſs, I bear thee witneſs”.
Linked words
through Old Latin mītō
permission, transmission, admission, submission, emission, omission, commissariat, unremitting, 20 more
through Latin mittō ‘to send, dispatch, cause to go, let go,…’
committee, commission, admit, mess, mission, commit, missile, transmit, intermittent, dismiss, premise, omit, amit, emit, commissary, permissive, commissar, missive, 32 more
through Latin remittō ‘remit’
Today it means
adj At fault; failing to fulfill responsibility, duty, or obligations.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin mittō / remiss