English
demit
Demit comes from Latin dēmittō ‘send or bring down, let fall’, from Proto-Italic *meitō ‘to put forth, put out’, 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‘send’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdēmittō2‘send or bring down, let fall’
- Englishtodaydemit2
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, Latin demitto
- 2 Wiktionary, English demit
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*méyth₂etiWiktionary, Latin demittouncertain
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*meitōWiktionary, Latin demitto‘to put forth, put out’uncertain
- Old Latinc. 700–75 BCEmītōWiktionary, Latin demittouncertain
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmittōWiktionary, Latin demitto‘send’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdēmittōWiktionary, English demit‘send or bring down, let fall’
- EnglishtodaydemitWiktionary, English demit
Linked words
through Proto-Italic *meitō ‘to put forth, put out’
through Old Latin mītō
permission, transmission, admission, submission, emission, omission, commissariat, unremitting, 20 more
through Latin mittō ‘send’
commission, mission, committee, mess, admit, missile, commit, dismiss, premise, transmit, intermittent, commissary, permissive, commissar, omit, amit, remit, missive, remiss, 32 more
Today it means
verb To let fall; to depress; to yield.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “demit”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin demitto. 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 / demit