Where does “prōmittō” come from?
prōmittō (Latin) comes from Latin prō, from Latin ratus, from Latin rēōr, from Proto-Italic rēōr, from Proto-Indo-European h₂reh₁-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂er- — to fit, to fix, to put together.
prōmittō (Latin): to send forth
Definitions
- to send forth
Ancestry of “prōmittō”, step by step
prōmittō traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin prō
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | prō | for |
| 2 | Latin | ratus | considered, having been considered; established,... |
| 3 | Latin | rēōr | to reckon, calculate |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | rēōr | to reckon, to calculate; to think, to deem, to... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂reh₁- | to think, reason; to arrange |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |
via Latin mittō
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | mittō | to send, dispatch, cause to go, let go, release, discharge |
| 2 | Proto-Italic | meitō | to put forth, put out |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | meyth₂- | to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to... |
via Latin mittere
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | mittere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |