Etymology Explorer › Middle English

Where does “permitten” come from?

permitten (Middle English) comes from Middle French permettre, from Latin permittere, from Latin permitto, from Latin per, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle.

Ancestry of “permitten”, step by step

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

Words derived from “permitten”

  • permit
  • permittee
  • permitter
  • permittance
  • permittable
  • permitholder
  • permitless
  • destruction permit
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