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Where does “admittance” come from?

Admittance comes from New Latin admittantia, meaning the act of admitting or being admitted.

admittance (English): The act of admitting; Permission to enter, the...

Definitions

  1. The act of admitting; Permission to enter, the...

Ancestry of “admittance”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishadmitTo allow to enter; to grant entrance , whether...
2Middle Englishadmitten—
3Old Frenchadmettreto admit
4Latinadmitteresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
5LatinadmittoI let in, admit; I perpetrate, commit
6Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
7Latinīn-—
8Latinîn—
9Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
10Proto-Italicenin
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “admittance”

  • readmittance
  • transadmittance
  • preadmittance
  • admittanciák
  • admittancia
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