Etymograph

English

admittatur

Admittatur comes from Latin admittātur ‘let him be admitted’, from Proto-Italic *meitō ‘to put forth, put out’, and perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *méyth₂eti.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*méyth₂eti1uncertain
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*meitō1‘to put forth, put out’uncertain
  3. Old Latinc. 700–75 BCEmītō1uncertain
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmittō1‘to send, dispatch, cause to go, let go, release, discharge’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEadmittō2‘to let in’
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEadmittātur2‘let him be admitted’
  7. Englishtodayadmittatur2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin admitto
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English admittatur

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*méyth₂etiWiktionary, Latin admittouncertain
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*meitōWiktionary, Latin admitto‘to put forth, put out’uncertain
  3. Old Latinc. 700–75 BCEmītōWiktionary, Latin admittouncertain
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmittōWiktionary, Latin admitto‘to send, dispatch, cause to go, let go, release, discharge’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEadmittōWiktionary, English admittatur‘to let in’
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEadmittāturWiktionary, English admittatur‘let him be admitted’
  7. EnglishtodayadmittaturWiktionary, English admittatur

Linked words

through Proto-Italic *meitō ‘to put forth, put out’

remission, unremitting, 19 more

through Old Latin mītō

permission, transmission, submission, emission, omission, remit, commissariat, 21 more

through Latin mittō ‘to send, dispatch, cause to go, let go,…’

commission, mission, committee, mess, commit, missile, dismiss, premise, transmit, intermittent, emit, commissary, omit, permissive, amit, commissar, remiss, missive, 32 more

through Latin admittō ‘to let in’

admission, 1 more

Today it means

noun The certificate of admission formerly given in some American colleges, such as Harvard.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “admittatur”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin admitto. 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 / admittatur

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