Where does “preadmit” come from?
preadmit (English) comes from English admit, from Middle English admitten, from Old French admettre, from Latin admittere, from Latin admitto, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în — in.
preadmit (English): To admit, or allow to enter, in advance
Definitions
- To admit, or allow to enter, in advance
Ancestry of “preadmit”, step by step
preadmit traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English admit
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | admit | To allow to enter; to grant entrance (to), whether into a place, into the mind, or into consideration |
| 2 | Middle English | admitten | — |
| 3 | Old French | admettre | to admit |
| 4 | Latin | admittere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 5 | Latin | admitto | I let in, admit; I perpetrate, commit |
| 6 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 7 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 8 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 9 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via English pre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pre | Before; Precum, Cowper's fluid, pre-ejaculate; To... |
| 2 | Latin | prae | before; in front; in front of |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | prai | before; in front of |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | preh₂- | before, in front |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |