Where does “permitholder” come from?

permitholder (English) comes from English permit, from Middle English permitten, from Middle French permettre, from Latin permittere, from Latin permitto, from Latin per, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic — that.

permitholder (English): One who holds a permit

Definitions

  1. One who holds a permit

Ancestry of “permitholder”, step by step

permitholder traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English permit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpermitTo allow to happen, to give permission for; To...
2Middle Englishpermitten
3Middle Frenchpermettreto permit, to allow
4Latinpermitteresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
5LatinpermittoI let go, let loose; cast, hurl, throw; send...
6Latinperthrough, by means of; throughout, during
7LatinAdtoward, to
8Latinilliche, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that...
9Latinillethat; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that...
10LatinolleArchaic form of ille
11Proto-Italic*olnosthat

via English Hölder

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishHölderA thing that holds
2English-erA person or thing that does an action indicated...
3Middle English-eragentive suffix; agent noun suffix
4Old French-erAlternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;...
5Latin-ārefirst conjugation
6Proto-Italic-āōForms primarily denominative verbs
7Proto-Indo-European-eh₂yétiCreates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive...
8Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
9Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-
10Chichewaiyehe, she
Every word from Proto-Italic *olnos