English
admission
Admission comes from Latin admissio ‘an admitting of the male to the female’, from mittō ‘to send, dispatch, cause to go, let go,…’, and perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *méyth₂eti.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*méyth₂eti1uncertain
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*meitō1‘to put forth, put out’uncertain
- Old Latinc. 700–75 BCEmītō1uncertain
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmittō1‘to send, dispatch, cause to go, let go, release, discharge’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEadmittō2‘to let in, admit’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEadmissio3as admissio‘an admitting of the male to the female’
- Englishearliest quotation 2012admission3
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, Latin admitto
- 2 Wiktionary, Latin admissio
- 3 Wiktionary, English admission
- Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2012, Caroline Davies, Duke and Duchess of Cambridge announce they are expecting fi: “The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have ended months…”.
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*méyth₂etiWiktionary, Latin admittouncertain
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*meitōWiktionary, Latin admitto‘to put forth, put out’uncertain
- Old Latinc. 700–75 BCEmītōWiktionary, Latin admittouncertain
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmittōWiktionary, Latin admitto‘to send, dispatch, cause to go, let go, release, discharge’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEadmittōWiktionary, Latin admissio‘to let in, admit’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEadmissioWiktionary, English admissionas admissio‘an admitting of the male to the female’
- Englishearliest quotation 2012admissionWiktionary, English admission. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2012, Caroline Davies, Duke and Duchess of Cambridge announce they are expecting fi: “The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have ended months…”
Linked words
through Proto-Italic *meitō ‘to put forth, put out’
through Old Latin mītō
remit, remission, commissariat, 21 more
through Latin mittō ‘to send, dispatch, cause to go, let go,…’
committee, mess, commit, commission, permission, transmission, transmit, premise, missile, dismiss, intermittent, submission, emit, omit, amit, emission, commissary, omission, commissar, permissive, remiss, missive, 28 more
through Latin admittō ‘to let in, admit’
Today it means
noun The act or practice of admitting.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “admission”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Latin admitto, Latin admissio. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *méyth₂eti / admission