Etymograph

English

intromit

Intromit comes from Latin intrōmittō ‘to send or let in or into’, 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 CEintrōmittō2‘to send or let in or into’
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1669intromit2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin intromitto
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English intromit
  3. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1669, William Holder: “Glass in the window […]intromits Light, without Cold.”.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*méyth₂etiWiktionary, Latin intromittouncertain
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*meitōWiktionary, Latin intromitto‘to put forth, put out’uncertain
  3. Old Latinc. 700–75 BCEmītōWiktionary, Latin intromittouncertain
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmittōWiktionary, Latin intromitto‘to send, dispatch, cause to go, let go, release, discharge’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEintrōmittōWiktionary, English intromit‘to send or let in or into’
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1669intromitWiktionary, English intromit. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1669, William Holder: “Glass in the window […]intromits Light, without Cold.”

Linked words

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

remission, unremitting, 18 more

through Old Latin mītō

permission, transmission, admission, submission, emission, omission, remit, commissariat, 20 more

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

mission, mess, committee, admit, missile, commit, dismiss, premise, transmit, intermittent, emit, permissive, amit, commissary, remiss, commissar, missive, 34 more

Today it means

verb To intermeddle with the effects or goods of another.

Sources

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

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