Etymograph

English

dimission

Dimission comes from Latin dimissio ‘sending’, from dīmittō ‘to send away, send forth, send off, dismiss,…’, 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 cause to go, let go, send, send off, despatch’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdīmittō2‘to send away, send forth, send off, dismiss, let go’
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdimissio3‘sending’
  7. Englishearliest quotation a. 1678dimission3

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin dimitto
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Latin dimissio
  3. 3 Wiktionary, English dimission
  4. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: a. 1678, Isaac Barrow, (please specify the chapter name or sermon number): “he is come, who is anointed to preach […]…”.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*méyth₂etiWiktionary, Latin dimittouncertain
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*meitōWiktionary, Latin dimitto‘to put forth, put out’uncertain
  3. Old Latinc. 700–75 BCEmītōWiktionary, Latin dimittouncertain
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmittōWiktionary, Latin dimitto‘to cause to go, let go, send, send off, despatch’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdīmittōWiktionary, Latin dimissio‘to send away, send forth, send off, dismiss, let go’
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdimissioWiktionary, English dimission‘sending’
  7. Englishearliest quotation a. 1678dimissionWiktionary, English dimission. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: a. 1678, Isaac Barrow, (please specify the chapter name or sermon number): “he is come, who is anointed to preach […]…”

Linked words

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

unremitting, 19 more

through Old Latin mītō

remit, remission, commissariat, 20 more

through Latin mittō ‘to cause to go, let go, send, send off, despatch’

committee, admit, mess, commit, commission, permission, transmission, transmit, premise, missile, admission, intermittent, submission, emit, omit, amit, emission, commissary, omission, commissar, permissive, remiss, missive, 27 more

through Latin dīmittō ‘to send away, send forth, send off, dismiss,…’

dismiss

Today it means

noun permission to depart, or a dismissal.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “dimission”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Latin dimitto, Latin dimissio. 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 / dimission

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