Where does “admissions” come from?

admissions (French) comes from French admission, from Latin admissio, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere, from Latin dis-, from Latin calceus — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.

admissions (French): plural of admission; first-person plural...

Definitions

  1. plural of admission; first-person plural...

Ancestry of “admissions”, step by step

admissions traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French admission

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchadmissionadmission act of admitting; state of being admitted
2Latinadmissioan admitting of the male to the female; admission...
3Latin-tiōtion, -ation, -ing
4Latindissertātiō(spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition
5Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
6Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
7Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
8Latincalceusshoe
9Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
10Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble

via French admettre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchadmettreto admit, to accept, to recognize
2Old Frenchadmettreto admit
3Latinadmitteresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
4LatinadmittoI let in, admit; I perpetrate, commit
5Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
6Latinīn-un-, non-, not
7Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
8Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
9Proto-Italicenin
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Ancient Greek χάλιξEvery word from Latin -tiōEvery word from Latin dis-