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Where does “transmettre” come from?

transmettre (Middle French) comes from Latin trānsmittō, from Latin mittō, from Proto-Italic meitō, from Proto-Indo-European meyth₂- — to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...

transmettre (Middle French): to transmit

Definitions

  1. to transmit

Ancestry of “transmettre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintrānsmittō—
2Latinmittō—
3Proto-Italicmeitō—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmeyth₂-to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...

Words derived from “transmettre”

  • transmetteur
  • neurotransmetteur
  • transmettre
  • transmite
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