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Where does “mittimus” come from?

mittimus (English) comes from Latin mittimus, from Latin mitto, from Proto-Italic meitō, from Proto-Indo-European meyth₂- — to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...

mittimus (English): A warrant issued for someone to be taken into...

Definitions

  1. A warrant issued for someone to be taken into...

Ancestry of “mittimus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmittimusfirst-person plural present active indicative of...
2LatinmittoI send, dispatch, cause to go, let go, release,...
3Proto-Italicmeitō—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmeyth₂-to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...
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