Where does “preadmittance” come from?
preadmittance (English) comes from English admittance, from English admit, from Middle English admitten, from Old French admettre, from Latin admittere, from Latin admitto, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn- — in.
preadmittance (English): Before admittance
Definitions
- Before admittance
Ancestry of “preadmittance”, step by step
preadmittance traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English admittance
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | admittance | The act of admitting; Permission to enter, the... |
| 2 | English | admit | To allow to enter; to grant entrance (to), whether into a place, into the mind, or into consideration |
| 3 | Middle English | admitten | — |
| 4 | Old French | admettre | to admit |
| 5 | Latin | admittere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 6 | Latin | admitto | I let in, admit; I perpetrate, commit |
| 7 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 8 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 9 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 10 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 12 | 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 |