Where does “omitten” come from?

omitten (Middle English) comes from Latin omittō, from Latin mittō, from Proto-Italic meitō, from Proto-Indo-European meyth₂- — to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...

omitten (Middle English): to omit; to leave out or leave alone

Definitions

  1. to omit; to leave out or leave alone

Ancestry of “omitten”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinomittōto let go, allow to pass by, let fall or let loose
2Latinmittōto send, dispatch, cause to go, let go, release, discharge
3Proto-Italicmeitōto put forth, put out
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmeyth₂-to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...

Words derived from “omitten”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European meyth₂- →Every word from Proto-Italic meitō →Every word from Latin mittō →