Where does “transmit” come from?
Transmit comes from Middle English transmitten, from Latin transmitto, combining Latin mitto and the prefix trans-, ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European roots mey- and terh₂-.
transmit (English): To send or convey something from one person,...
Definitions
- To send or convey something from one person,...
Ancestry of “transmit”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | transmitten | — |
| 2 | Latin | trānsmittō | to transmit, send, carry, or convey across, over or through; to send off, despatch |
| 3 | Latin | mittō | to send, dispatch, cause to go, let go, release, discharge |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | meitō | to put forth, put out |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | meyth₂- | to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to... |
Words derived from “transmit”
- transmitter
- neurotransmitter
- transponder
- transmittal
- retransmit
- transmittable
- retransmitter
- neurotransmit
- untransmittable
- transmittible
- multitransmitter
- nontransmittable
- teletransmitter
- chemotransmitter
- teletransmit
- transmitarray
- cotransmit
- mistransmit
- pretransmit
- xenotransmit
- gasotransmitter
- gliotransmitter
- トランスミッタ
- トランスミッター