Where does “permettre” come from?

permettre (Middle French) comes from Latin permittere, from Latin permitto, from Latin per, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos — that.

permettre (Middle French): to permit, to allow

Definitions

  1. to permit, to allow

Ancestry of “permettre”, step by step

permettre traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin permittere

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

via Latin permittō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpermittōto let go, let loose
2Latinmittōto send, dispatch, cause to go, let go, release, discharge

Words derived from “permettre

Every word from Proto-Italic *olnosEvery word from Latin olleEvery word from Latin ille