Latin and Greek Roots of English Vocabulary: An Online Manual: Lesson 32 [mit(t)-mis(s)-]
June 27, 2010
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Vocabulary
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mit(t)-/mis(s)- [from Latin]
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(verb) to send
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to admit [literally, ‘to send toward;’ to allow someone entrance to a place or group.] emission [literally, ‘sending out;’ the discharge of a substance.] mission [literally, ‘a sending;’ an assignment, such as a combat operation, given to a person or group of persons.] missive to submit to transmit [literally, ‘to send across;’ to have something conveyed from one place to another.] |
missive (noun) [literally, ‘something sent;’ a letter.] to submit (verb) [literally, ‘to send up from under;’ to surrender to the power of someone else; to present for consideration by another.] |
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