submit
/səbˈmɪt/suhb-MIT
/səbˈmɪt/suhb-MIT
Meaningto send under
Common meaning: to yield
Other meanings: to hand in
- subunder; from below
- mitto send, releaseLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1152 · scan
‘under’ + ‘to send, release’ → submit
Journey through time
- Latinsubmittere‘to let down, put under’source
- Englishsubmit‘to yield’ · 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
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin mittō ‘to send, release’.
Roots
- mittō, mīsī, missum Latin “to send, release”
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