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Where does “manumitir” come from?

manumitir (Spanish) comes from Latin manumitto, from Latin mittō, from Proto-Italic meitō, from Proto-Indo-European meyth₂- — to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...

manumitir (Spanish): to manumit, to emancipate

Definitions

  1. to manumit, to emancipate

Ancestry of “manumitir”, step by step

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