Where does “permi” come from?
permi (Mauritian Creole) comes from French permis, 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...
permi (Mauritian Creole): permit
Ancestry of “permi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | permis | permit, licence; first-person singular past... |
| 2 | Latin | permissus | thrown; sent away; exported |
| 3 | Latin | permittō | — |
| 4 | Latin | mittō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | meitō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | meyth₂- | to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to... |