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Where does “omitter” come from?

omitter (English) comes from English omit, from Middle English omitten, from Latin omittō, from Latin mittō, from Proto-Italic meitō, from Proto-Indo-European meyth₂- — to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...

omitter (English): One who omits

Definitions

  1. One who omits

Ancestry of “omitter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishomitTo leave out or exclude; To fail to perform; To...
2Middle Englishomittento omit; to leave out or leave alone
3Latinomittō—
4Latinmittō—
5Proto-Italicmeitō—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmeyth₂-to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...
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