omit

/əʊˈmɪt/oh-MIT

/oʊˈmɪt/oh-MIT

Meaningto let go

Common meaning: to leave out

otoward
mitto send, releaseLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1152 · scan

‘toward’ + ‘to send, release’ → omit

Journey through time

Latinomittere‘to let go’source
Englishomit‘to leave out’ · today

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’.

Roots

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

Related words

decommission dismiss dismissal emit missal permit promise subcommittee submission submit surmise transmit

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