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Where does “permitter” come from?

permitter (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.

permitter (English): One who permits

Definitions

  1. One who permits

Ancestry of “permitter”, step by step

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
7LatinAd—
8Latinilliche, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that...
9Latinillethat; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that...
10LatinolleArchaic form of ille
11Proto-Italic*olnos—
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