English
premit
Premit comes from Latin praemitto ‘to send forth or forward or ahead’, and perhaps goes back to 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 CEpraemitto2‘to send forth or forward or ahead’
- Englishearliest quotation 1610premit2
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, Latin praemitto
- 2 Wiktionary, English premit
- Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1610, John Donne, A Preface to the Priestes, and Iesuits, and to Their Discipl: “Thus much I vvas vvilling to premit, to avvaken…”.
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*méyth₂etiWiktionary, Latin praemittouncertain
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*meitōWiktionary, Latin praemitto‘to put forth, put out’uncertain
- Old Latinc. 700–75 BCEmītōWiktionary, Latin praemittouncertain
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmittōWiktionary, Latin praemitto‘send’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpraemittoWiktionary, English premit‘to send forth or forward or ahead’
- Englishearliest quotation 1610premitWiktionary, English premit. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1610, John Donne, A Preface to the Priestes, and Iesuits, and to Their Discipl: “Thus much I vvas vvilling to premit, to avvaken…”
Linked words
through Proto-Italic *meitō ‘to put forth, put out’
through Old Latin mītō
permission, transmission, admission, submission, emission, omission, commissariat, 21 more
through Latin mittō ‘send’
commission, mission, committee, mess, admit, missile, commit, dismiss, transmit, intermittent, commissary, permissive, commissar, omit, amit, missive, remiss, unremitting, 33 more
Today it means
verb To premise.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “premit”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin praemitto. 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 / premit