Where does “manumit” come from?
manumit (English) comes from Latin manumittere, from Latin emittere, from Latin emitto, from Latin ex, from Latin commūnicō, from Latin commūnis, from Old Latin com(m)oinis, from Proto-Italic kommoinis — resin, gum; to say, speak.
manumit (English): To release from slavery, to free
Definitions
- To release from slavery, to free
Ancestry of “manumit”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | manumittere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 2 | Latin | emittere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 3 | Latin | emitto | I send forth, emit; I hurl; I utter |
| 4 | Latin | ex | A name of the letter "X"; out of, from |
| 5 | Latin | commūnicō | — |
| 6 | Latin | commūnis | — |
| 7 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 12 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 13 | German | kitt | — |
| 14 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 15 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 16 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
Words derived from “manumit”