Etymological root

mittere

Latin

to send; to let go; to release

Forms to recognize: mittō, mittere, missum

Latin mittere has the related form missum, so this family contains both mit and miss spellings. Transmit involves sending, and a mission is an assigned task. Admit, permit, and submit have developed several uses involving acknowledgment, permission, and presenting something for consideration. Their historical relationship is broader than a modern prefix-by-prefix translation.

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admit
To agree that something is true, often unwillingly.

I admit that I forgot to attach the document to my email.
permit
To allow someone to do something.

The museum rules permit visitors to take photographs in this gallery.
transmit
To send out signals, messages, or information, especially by radio or electronic means.

The sensors transmit temperature readings to the control room every minute.
submit
To give or send something to someone in authority for them to consider.

Applicants must submit a writing sample to the selection committee by Monday.
mission
An important job or task that a person or group is given.

The research team's mission was to map the previously unexplored cave.

# mittere

**Type:** Etymological root
**Language:** Latin
**Slug:** mittere

## Meanings
1. to send
2. to let go
3. to release

## Variants
- mittō
- mittere
- missum

## Notes
Latin mittere has the related form missum, so this family contains both mit and miss spellings. Transmit involves sending, and a mission is an assigned task. Admit, permit, and submit have developed several uses involving acknowledgment, permission, and presenting something for consideration. Their historical relationship is broader than a modern prefix-by-prefix translation.

## Learn This Word Family
- admit: I admit that I forgot to attach the document to my email.
- permit: The museum rules permit visitors to take photographs in this gallery.
- transmit: The sensors transmit temperature readings to the control room every minute.
- submit: Applicants must submit a writing sample to the selection committee by Monday.
- mission: The research team's mission was to map the previously unexplored cave.

## Words From This Root
- mission - An important job or task that a person or group is given.
- admit - To agree that something is true, often unwillingly.
- permit - To allow someone to do something.
- submit - To give or send something to someone in authority for them to consider.
- transmit - To send out signals, messages, or information, especially by radio or electronic means.
- permissible - allowed or permitted by rules or law
- committal - the act of consigning, as to prison, custody, or the grave
- dismissive - showing that something is unworthy of consideration
- emit - to discharge or send out, as light, sound, or gas
- omit - to leave out or exclude, either deliberately or by oversight
- admissible - acceptable or allowable, especially as evidence in court
- admittance - the act of permitting entry; the right to enter
- dismission - archaic term for dismissal or the act of sending away
- intermittently - at irregular intervals; occasionally and not continuously
- remission - a temporary lessening of disease or the cancellation of a debt
- submissive - inclined to yield to the authority or will of others
- transmissible - capable of being passed on, especially as a disease or trait
- committer - one who commits something, such as code changes or an act
- demiss - humble or submissive; downcast (archaic)
- demission - the act of relinquishing an office or position; abdication or resignation
- demit - to resign from or relinquish an office, position, or membership
- intermittent - occurring at irregular intervals; not continuous
- intromission - the act of inserting or letting in; admission of one thing into another
- manumit - to release from slavery or bondage; to set free
- messiness - the state of being untidy, disordered, or complicated
- missive - a written message or letter, especially a formal one
- muss - to make untidy or dishevel, especially the hair
- noncommittal - not revealing one's opinion or intentions
- permissive - allowing freedom of behavior; lenient or tolerant
- submittal - the act of submitting something, or the document formally submitted
- surmise - to suppose something to be true without firm evidence
- transmittal - the act of sending or transmitting something
- transmittance - the fraction of light or radiation that passes through a medium
- unremitting - never relaxing or ceasing; persistent

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