dismiss

/dɪsˈmɪs/dih-SMIS

/dɪsˈmɪs/dih-SMIS

Meaningto send away

Common meaning: to send away

Other meanings: to reject as unimportant

disapart, away; not
missto send, releaseLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1152 · scan

‘apart, away’ + ‘to send, release’ → dismiss

Journey through time

Latinmittō, mīsī, missum‘to send, release’
Englishdismiss‘to send away’ · today

dis- also in: disarm discern discord disdain disgust

miss also in: emit dismissal submission decommission subcommittee

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

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Origin: Built on Latin mittō ‘to send, release’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry mittō, p. 1152 · dictionary scan

Roots

mittō, mīsī, missum Latin “to send, release”

Related words

decommission dismissal emit promise subcommittee submission

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