Where does “immittance” come from?
immittance (English) comes from English admittance, from English admit, from Middle English admitten, from Old French admettre, from Latin admittere, from Latin admitto, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn- — in.
immittance (English): Either the impedance or the admittance of an...
Definitions
- Either the impedance or the admittance of an...
Ancestry of “immittance”, step by step
immittance traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English admittance
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | admittance | The act of admitting; Permission to enter, the... |
| 2 | English | admit | To allow to enter; to grant entrance (to), whether into a place, into the mind, or into consideration |
| 3 | Middle English | admitten | — |
| 4 | Old French | admettre | to admit |
| 5 | Latin | admittere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 6 | Latin | admitto | I let in, admit; I perpetrate, commit |
| 7 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 8 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 9 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 10 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via English impedance
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | impedance | The act of impeding; that which impedes; a... |
| 2 | English | impede | To get in the way of; to hinder |
| 3 | Latin | impedio | I hinder, impede, obstruct, hamper, thwart; I... |
| 4 | Latin | pēs | a foot, in its senses as |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | μέτρον | something used to measure: measure, rule, weight;... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -τρον | Forms instrument nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | -tron | Forms instrument nouns from verb stems |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |