English
mittimus
Mittimus comes from Latin mittō ‘send’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmittō1‘send’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmittimus1
- Englishearliest quotation 1607mittimus1
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, English mittimus
- Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1607, The Knight of the Burning Pestle: “Away George, away, raise the watch at Ludgate, and…”.
Earlier history uncertain. See Wiktionary.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmittōWiktionary, English mittimus‘send’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmittimusWiktionary, English mittimus
- Englishearliest quotation 1607mittimusWiktionary, English mittimus. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1607, The Knight of the Burning Pestle: “Away George, away, raise the watch at Ludgate, and…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *mey- ‘change’
mean, common, met, community, minister, minute, meal, ministry, communication, minor, menu, communist, min, mere, mutual, communicate, compromise, immune, mole, communism, minus, communal, ammo, ammunition, mayhem, municipality, communion, noodle, immunity, moor, mural, commune, remuneration, monolith, minstrel, mite, meiosis, mitosis, mitra, mitre, 68 more
through Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂- ‘exchange, remove’
message, miss, mad, madden, mutant, mute, misnomer, mutate, molt, transmutation, moult, commutative, mutable, commutation, 14 more
through Latin mittō ‘send’
commission, mission, mess, committee, admit, missile, commit, dismiss, premise, transmit, intermittent, emit, commissary, permissive, omit, amit, commissar, remiss, missive, 32 more
Today it means
noun A warrant issued for someone to be taken into custody.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “mittimus”. 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 / Latin mittō / mittimus