Where does “transmission” come from?
Transmission derives from Latin transmissionem, noun form of transmittere, combining Latin mitto with the prefix trans-, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European roots mey- and terh₂-.
transmission (English): The act of transmitting, e.g. data or electric...
Definitions
- The act of transmitting, e.g. data or electric...
Ancestry of “transmission”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | transmissionem | accusative singular of trānsmissiō |
| 2 | Latin | transmissio | transmission, passage |
| 3 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 4 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 5 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 6 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 7 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 8 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 9 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
Words derived from “transmission”
- retransmission
- neurotransmission
- transaxle
- teletransmission
- transmissionist
- transflection
- pretransmission
- gliotransmission
- neurotransmissional
- transmissionism
- multitransmission
- cotransmission
- heterotransmission
- intertransmission
- mechanotransmission
- nontransmission
- overtransmission
- transmissioned
- transmissionless
- xenotransmission
- xmission