committee

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A group of people chosen to make decisions or deal with a particular matter.

   My uncle is on the committee that organizes the village festival.

From commit + -ee, or else revival of Anglo-Norman commite, past participle of commettre (“to commit”), from Latin committere, from con- (“with”) + mittere (“to send”). The OED3 prefers the first etymology.

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