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Where does “admitter” come from?

admitter (English) comes from English admit, from Middle English admitten, from Old French admettre, from Latin admittere, from Latin admitto, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în — in.

admitter (English): Someone who or something which admits

Definitions

  1. Someone who or something which admits

Ancestry of “admitter”, 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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →