Where does “permissiv” come from?

permissiv (German) comes from Latin permissus, from Latin permittō, from Latin mittō, from Proto-Italic meitō, from Proto-Indo-European meyth₂- — to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...

permissiv (German): permissive

Definitions

  1. permissive

Ancestry of “permissiv”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpermissusthrown; sent away; exported
2Latinpermittōto let go, let loose
3Latinmittōto send, dispatch, cause to go, let go, release, discharge
4Proto-Italicmeitōto put forth, put out
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmeyth₂-to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meyth₂- →Every word from Proto-Italic meitō →Every word from Latin mittō →