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Where does “pèmèt” come from?

pèmèt (Haitian Creole) comes from French permettre, from Middle French permettre, from Latin permittere, from Latin permitto, from Latin per, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille.

pèmèt (Haitian Creole): permit, allow

Definitions

  1. permit, allow

Ancestry of “pèmèt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpermettreto permit, to allow; to take the liberty of doing...
2Middle Frenchpermettreto permit, to allow
3Latinpermitteresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
4LatinpermittoI let go, let loose; cast, hurl, throw; send...
5Latinperthrough, by means of; throughout, during
6LatinAd—
7Latinilliche, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that...
8Latinillethat; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that...
9LatinolleArchaic form of ille
10Proto-Italic*olnos—
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