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Where does “manumitter” come from?

manumitter (English) comes from English manumit, from Latin manumittere, from Latin emittere, from Latin emitto, from Latin ex, from Latin commūnicō, from Latin commūnis, from Old Latin com(m)oinis — resin.

manumitter (English): An emancipator from slavery, someone who manumits

Definitions

  1. An emancipator from slavery, someone who manumits

Ancestry of “manumitter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmanumitTo release from slavery, to free
2Latinmanumitteresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
3Latinemitteresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
4LatinemittoI send forth, emit; I hurl; I utter
5LatinexA name of the letter "X"; out of, from
6Latincommūnicō—
7Latincommūnis—
8Old Latincom(m)oinis—
9Proto-Italickommoinis—
10Proto-Indo-Europeanḱom-moy-ni-held in common
11Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
12Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
13Middle Englishkyt—
14Germankitt—
15Old High Germankuti—
16Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
17Proto-Germanickweduzresin

Words derived from “manumitter”

  • manumittor
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