Where does “commission” come from?
Commission comes from Old French commission, derived from Latin commissio, formed from the prefix com- meaning "together" and the verb mittere meaning "to send."
commission (English): A sending or mission; An official charge or...
Definitions
- A sending or mission; An official charge or...
Ancestry of “commission”, step by step
commission traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old French commission
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | commission | — |
| 2 | Latin | commissio | commission |
| 3 | Latin | committo | I commit; I begin; I carry on |
| 4 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 5 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 6 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 10 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 11 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 12 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 13 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 14 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via English chemise
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | chemise | A loose shirtlike undergarment, especially for... |
| 2 | French | chemise | shirt; folder; chemise |
| 3 | Latin | camisia | shirt; nightgown; alb |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *hamiþi | shirt |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | hamō | shape, physical form |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | hamô | cover, skin; clothes, skirt, fishnet; harness,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱem- | to cover, conceal; hornless |