Where does “admit” come from?
Admit comes from Middle English admitten, from Old French admettre, from Latin admittere, combining the prefix ad- with mittere, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European roots meaning "to go" or "to move."
admit (English): To allow to enter; to grant entrance (to), whether into a place, into the mind, or into consideration
Definitions
- To allow to enter; to grant entrance (to), whether into a place, into the mind, or into consideration
Ancestry of “admit”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | admitten | — |
| 2 | Old French | admettre | to admit |
| 3 | Latin | admittere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 4 | Latin | admitto | I let in, admit; I perpetrate, commit |
| 5 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 7 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |