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Where does “admettre” come from?

admettre (Old French) comes from Latin admittere, from Latin admitto, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

admettre (Old French): to admit

Definitions

  1. to admit

Ancestry of “admettre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinadmitteresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
2LatinadmittoI let in, admit; I perpetrate, commit
3Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
4Latinīn-—
5Latinîn—
6Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
7Proto-Italicenin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “admettre”

  • admit
  • readmit
  • admitteth
  • admittest
  • admittable
  • admitter
  • admittee
  • unadmittable
  • preadmit
  • admettre
  • réadmettre
  • admissions
  • amitten
  • admitten
  • admite
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →