| 【mit】 is a [English Root word(stem)] from the Latin word(s) "mittere," and "missus." It carries the basic meaning of "send," and "put." |
[English words in the top 5000 most frequently used containing the root "mit"]
admission **[4221] the act of admitting or allowing something
admit ****[1327] If you admit that something bad, unpleasant, or embarrassing is true, you agree, often unwillingly, that it is true.
commission ****[2208] A commission is a piece of work that someone is asked to do and is paid for.
commissioner **[4524] A commissioner is an important official in a government department or other organization.
commit ****[1635] If someone commits a crime or a sin, they do something illegal or bad.
commitment ****[1815] Commitment is a strong belief in an idea or system.
committee ***[2892] A committee is a group of people who meet to make decisions or plans for a larger group or organization that they represent.
compromise ***[3057] A compromise is a situation in which people accept something slightly different from what they really want, because of circumstances or because they are considering the wishes of other people.
dismiss ****[2346] If you dismiss something, you decide or say that it is not important enough for you to think about or consider.
dismissal ☆[4993] When an employee is dismissed from their job, you can refer to their dismissal.
emission ****[1988] An emission of something such as gas or radiation is the release of it into the atmosphere.
emit ☆[4682] If something emits heat, light, gas, or a smell, it produces it and sends it out by means of a physical or chemical process.
mess ****[2156] If you say that something is a mess or in a mess, you think that it is in an untidy state.
message ****[1092] A message is a piece of information or a request that you send to someone or leave for them when you cannot speak to them directly.
messenger ☆[5301] A messenger takes a message to someone, or takes messages regularly as their job.
missile ***[3175] A missile is a tube-shaped weapon that travels long distances through the air and explodes when it reaches its target.
mission ****[1962] A mission is an important task that people are given to do, especially one that involves travelling to another country.
missionary **[4057] A missionary is a Christian who has been sent to a foreign country to teach people about Christianity.
permission ****[2252] If someone who has authority over you gives you permission to do something, they say that they will allow you to do it.
permit ***[2706] If someone permits something, they allow it to happen. If they permit you to do something, they allow you to do it.
premise **[4132] The premises of a business or an institution are all the buildings and land that it occupies in one place.
promise ****[1364] A promise is a statement which you make to a person in which you say that you will definitely do something or give them something.
promising **[3860] Someone or something that is promising seems likely to be very good or successful.
submit ***[3200] If you submit to something, you unwillingly allow something to be done to you, or you do what someone wants, for example because you are not powerful enough to resist.
transmission **[3619] The transmission of something is the passing or sending of it to a different person or place.
transmit **[3820] When radio and television programmes, computer data, or other electronic messages are transmitted, they are sent from one place to another, using wires, radio waves, or satellites.
[WORD ROOT]root mit
[VARIATIONS OF ROOT] mit, miss, mess, mise, mitt
[ETYMOLOGY]root (Latin) mittere, missus
[MEANING]root send, put
【DETAILs OF ORIGIN(ETYMOLOGY】
- 【Latin】 mittere to send; to put, place; to release, (in classical Latin) sent, let go; to throw
- 【Latin】 missus [past participle of mittere] course at dinner; (literally) a placing, a putting (on a table, etc, ); a sending away, sending, dispatching; a throwing, hurling
Please see the Word information in detail as follows;
| ★★★★(top 2,000) ★★★(top 3,500) ★★(top 4,500) ☆(top 6,000) |
admission ★★[4221] noun from admit 〈 mit
【DEFINITION】 ① the act of admitting or allowing something
② a statement or action by which someone admits a weakness, fault, etc.
③ the right or permission to enter a place
【SYNONYM】 confession
【COMPOSITION】 admit + ion
【ROOTs】 ⑴ ad; to, toward ⑵ mis(mit); send ⑶ s; - ⑷ ion; noun suffix
【Etymology】 《Latin mittere》 to send; to put, place; to release, (in classical Latin) sent, let go; to throw
admit ★★★★[1327] verb from admit 〈 mit
【DEFINITION】 If you admit that something bad, unpleasant, or embarrassing is true, you agree, often unwillingly, that it is true.
【Declension/Conjugation】 admitted, admitted, admitting, admits
【SYNONYM】 confess, confess to
【ROOTs】 ⑴ ad; to, toward ⑵ mit; send
【Etymology】 《Latin mittere》 to send; to put, place; to release, (in classical Latin) sent, let go; to throw
【First Known Meaning】 let in
commission ★★★★[2208] noun from commit 〈 mit
【DEFINITION】 A commission is a piece of work that someone is asked to do and is paid for.
【pl.】 commissions
【COMPOSITION】 commit + ion
【ROOTs】 ⑴ com; together ⑵ miss(mit); send ⑶ ion; noun suffix
【Etymology】 《Latin commissionem》 [noun of action from past participle stem of committere] (nominative commissio) act of committing; delegation of business
【First Known Meaning】 authority entrusted to someone, delegated authority or power,
【DERIVATIVEs】 commission, commissional, commissionary, commit, commitment, committable, committer
commissioner ★★[4524] noun from commit 〈 mit
【DEFINITION】 A commissioner is an important official in a government department or other organization.
【COMPOSITION】 commission + er
【ROOTs】 ⑴ com; together ⑵ miss(mit); send ⑶ ion; noun suffix ⑷ er; suffix
【Etymology】 《Latin committere》 [com+mittere] to bring together; to unite, connect, combine
【First Known Meaning】 one appointed to perform some business by a commission from a proper authority
【DERIVATIVEs】 commissionership, commissioner
commit ★★★★[1635] verb from commit 〈 mit
【DEFINITION】 If someone commits a crime or a sin, they do something illegal or bad.
【Declension/Conjugation】 committed, committed, committing, commits
【ROOTs】 ⑴ com; together ⑵ mit; send
【Etymology】 《Latin committere》 [com+mittere] to bring together; to unite, connect, combine
【First Known Meaning】 to give in charge, entrust
【DERIVATIVEs】 commission, commissional, commissionary, commit, commitment, committable, committer
commitment ★★★★[1815] noun from commit 〈 mit
【DEFINITION】 Commitment is a strong belief in an idea or system.
【pl.】 commitments
【SYNONYM】 obligation, dedication, pledge
【ROOTs】 ⑴ com; together ⑵ mit; send ⑶ ment; noun suffix
【Etymology】 《Latin committere》 [com+mittere] to bring together; to unite, connect, combine
【First Known Meaning】 action of officially consigning to the custody of the state
【DERIVATIVEs】 commission, commit, commitment, committable, committer
committee ★★★[2892] noun from commit 〈 mit
【DEFINITION】 A committee is a group of people who meet to make decisions or plans for a larger group or organization that they represent.
【pl.】 committees
【ROOTs】 ⑴ com; together, with ⑵ mitt(mit); send ⑶ ee; suffix
【Etymology】 《Latin committere》 [com+mittere] to bring together; to unite, connect, combine
compromise ★★★[3057] noun from compromise 〈 mit
【DEFINITION】 A compromise is a situation in which people accept something slightly different from what they really want, because of circumstances or because they are considering the wishes of other people.
【pl.】 compromises
【ROOTs】 ⑴ com; together, with ⑵ pro; before, forth ⑶ mise(mit); send
【Etymology】 《Latin mittere》 to send; to put, place; to release, (in classical Latin) sent, let go; to throw
【DERIVATIVEs】 compromiser, compromisingly, compromise
dismiss ★★★★[2346] verb from dismiss 〈 mit
【DEFINITION】 If you dismiss something, you decide or say that it is not important enough for you to think about or consider.
【Declension/Conjugation】 dismissed dismissed dismissing dismisses
【SYNONYM】 fire, sack, wave aside, scorn, put out, discount
【ROOTs】 ⑴ dis; away, spart, apart ⑵ miss(mit); send
【Etymology】 《Latin mittere》 to send; to put, place; to release, (in classical Latin) sent, let go; to throw
【First Known Meaning】 release from court restraint or legal charges
【DERIVATIVEs】 dismiss, dismissal, dismissible, dismission, dismissive
dismissal ☆[4993] noun from dismiss 〈 mit
【DEFINITION】 When an employee is dismissed from their job, you can refer to their dismissal.
【pl.】 dismissals
【SYNONYM】 removal
【ROOTs】 ⑴ dis; away, spart, apart ⑵ miss(mit); send ⑶ al; noun suffix
【Etymology】 《Latin mittere》 to send; to put, place; to release, (in classical Latin) sent, let go; to throw
【First Known Meaning】 act of dismissing; state or fact of being dismissed,
【DERIVATIVEs】 dismiss, dismissal, dismissible, dismission, dismissive
emission ★★★★[1988] noun from emit 〈 mit
【DEFINITION】 An emission of something such as gas or radiation is the release of it into the atmosphere.
【pl.】 emissions
【ROOTs】 ⑴ e(ex); out, out of ⑵ miss(mit); send ⑶ ion; noun suffix
【Etymology】 《Latin mittere》 to send; to put, place; to release, (in classical Latin) sent, let go; to throw
【DERIVATIVEs】 emissive, emit, emission
emit ☆[4682] verb from emit 〈 mit
【DEFINITION】 If something emits heat, light, gas, or a smell, it produces it and sends it out by means of a physical or chemical process.
【Declension/Conjugation】 emitted, emitted, emitting, emits
【SYNONYM】 send out
【ROOTs】 ⑴ e(ex); out, out of ⑵ mit; send
【Etymology】 《Latin mittere》 to send; to put, place; to release, (in classical Latin) sent, let go; to throw
【First Known Meaning】 send forth
【DERIVATIVEs】 emissive, emit, emission
mess ★★★★[2156] noun from mess 〈 mit
【DEFINITION】 If you say that something is a mess or in a mess, you think that it is in an untidy state.
【pl.】 messes
【SYNONYM】 fix, muddle, clutter
【ROOTs】 mess(mit); send
【Etymology】 《Latin missus》 [past participle of mittere] course at dinner; (literally) a placing, a putting (on a table, etc, ); a sending away, sending, dispatching; a throwing, hurling
【First Known Meaning】 a supply or provision of food for one meal
【DERIVATIVEs】 messily, messiness, messy, mess
message ★★★★[1092] noun from message 〈 mit
【DEFINITION】 A message is a piece of information or a request that you send to someone or leave for them when you cannot speak to them directly.
【pl.】 messages
【ROOTs】 ⑴ mess(mit); send ⑵ age; noun suffix
【Etymology】 《Latin mittere》 to send; to put, place; to release, (in classical Latin) sent, let go; to throw
【First Known Meaning】 a communication transmitted via a messenger, a notice sent through some agency
messenger ☆[5301] noun from message 〈 mit
【DEFINITION】 A messenger takes a message to someone, or takes messages regularly as their job.
【pl.】 messengers
【ROOTs】 ⑴ mess(mit); send ⑵ enger(ager); noun suffix
【Etymology】 《Latin mittere》 to send; to put, place; to release, (in classical Latin) sent, let go; to throw
【First Known Meaning】 one who bears a message; the bearer of a verbal or written communication,
missile ★★★[3175] noun from missile 〈 mit
【DEFINITION】 A missile is a tube-shaped weapon that travels long distances through the air and explodes when it reaches its target.
【pl.】 missiles
【SYNONYM】 projectile
【ROOTs】 ⑴ miss(mit); send ⑵ ile; suffix
【Etymology】 《Latin mittere》 to send; to put, place; to release, (in classical Latin) sent, let go; to throw
【First Known Meaning】 thing thrown or discharged as a weapon for the purpose of hitting something
mission ★★★★[1962] noun from mission 〈 mit
【DEFINITION】 A mission is an important task that people are given to do, especially one that involves travelling to another country.
【pl.】 missions
【SYNONYM】 vocation
【ROOTs】 ⑴ miss(mit); send ⑵ ion; noun suffix
【Etymology】 《Latin missio》 [pps of mittere] act of sending, a dispatching; a release, a setting at liberty; discharge from service, dismissal
【First Known Meaning】 a sending abroad"
【DERIVATIVEs】 missionary, missionize, mission
missionary ★★[4057] noun from mission 〈 mit
【DEFINITION】 A missionary is a Christian who has been sent to a foreign country to teach people about Christianity.
【pl.】 missionaries 소유격; missionary's
【ROOTs】 ⑴ miss(mit); send ⑵ ion; noun suffix ⑶ ary; noun suffix
【Etymology】 《Latin missio》 [pps of mittere] act of sending, a dispatching; a release, a setting at liberty; discharge from service, dismissal
【First Known Meaning】 one who is sent on a mission, person sent by ecclesiastical authority to labor for the propagation of the faith in a place where it has no indigenous organization
【DERIVATIVEs】 missionary, missionize, mission
permission ★★★★[2252] noun from permit 〈 mit
【DEFINITION】 If someone who has authority over you gives you permission to do something, they say that they will allow you to do it.
【pl.】 permissions
【ROOTs】 ⑴ per; thoroughly, utterly ⑵ miss(mit); send ⑶ ion; noun suffix
【Etymology】 《Latin mittere》 to send; to put, place; to release, (in classical Latin) sent, let go; to throw
【DERIVATIVEs】 permission, permissive, permit, permitter
permit ★★★[2706] verb from permit 〈 mit
【DEFINITION】 If someone permits something, they allow it to happen. If they permit you to do something, they allow you to do it.
【Declension/Conjugation】 permitted, permitted, permitting, permits
【ANTONYM】 forbid
【ROOTs】 ⑴ per; thoroughly, utterly ⑵ mit; send
【Etymology】 《Latin mittere》 to send; to put, place; to release, (in classical Latin) sent, let go; to throw
【DERIVATIVEs】 permission, permissive, permit, permitter
premise ★★[4132] noun from premise 〈 mit
【DEFINITION】 The premises of a business or an institution are all the buildings and land that it occupies in one place.
【pl.】 premises
【ROOTs】 ⑴ pre; before, previous ⑵ mise(mit); send, put
【Etymology】 《Latin mittere》 to send; to put, place; to release, (in classical Latin) sent, let go; to throw
【First Known Meaning】 a previous proposition from which another follows, a judgment causing another judgment
promise ★★★★[1364] noun from promise 〈 mit
【DEFINITION】 A promise is a statement which you make to a person in which you say that you will definitely do something or give them something.
【pl.】 promises
【SYNONYM】 potential, potential, assurance
【ROOTs】 ⑴ pro; before, forth ⑵ mise(mit); send
【Etymology】 《Latin mittere》 to send; to put, place; to release, (in classical Latin) sent, let go; to throw
【First Known Meaning】 a pledge, vow
【DERIVATIVEs】 promiser, promissory, promise
promising ★★[3860] adjective from promise 〈 mit
【DEFINITION】 Someone or something that is promising seems likely to be very good or successful.
【SYNONYM】 hopeful, likely, auspicious
【COMPOSITION】 promise + ing
【ROOTs】 ⑴ pro; before, forth ⑵ mis(mit); send ⑶ ing; suffix
【Etymology】 《Latin mittere》 to send; to put, place; to release, (in classical Latin) sent, let go; to throw
【DERIVATIVEs】 promisingly, promising
submit ★★★[3200] verb from submit 〈 mit
【DEFINITION】 If you submit to something, you unwillingly allow something to be done to you, or you do what someone wants, for example because you are not powerful enough to resist.
【Declension/Conjugation】 submitted, submitted, submitting, submits
【SYNONYM】 yield, give in to
【ROOTs】 ⑴ sub; below, under ⑵ mit; send
【Etymology】 《Latin mittere》 to send; to put, place; to release, (in classical Latin) sent, let go; to throw
【First Known Meaning】 to place (oneself) under the control of another, to yield oneself
【DERIVATIVEs】 submissible, submission, submissive, submit, submittable, submittal, submitter
transmission ★★[3619] noun from transmit 〈 mit
【DEFINITION】 The transmission of something is the passing or sending of it to a different person or place.
【pl.】 transmissions
【SYNONYM】 transfer
【ROOTs】 ⑴ trans; across ⑵ miss(mit); send ⑶ ion; noun suffix
【Etymology】 《Latin transmittere》 trans+mittere; send across, cause to go across, transfer, pass on
【DERIVATIVEs】 transmission, transmissive, transmittable, transmittal, transmittible, transmit
transmit ★★[3820] verb from transmit 〈 mit
【DEFINITION】 When radio and television programmes, computer data, or other electronic messages are transmitted, they are sent from one place to another, using wires, radio waves, or satellites.
【Declension/Conjugation】 transmitted, transmitted, transmitting, transmits
【SYNONYM】 transfer
【ROOTs】 ⑴ trans; across ⑵ mit; send
【Etymology】 《Latin transmittere》 trans+mittere; send across, cause to go across, transfer, pass on
【First Known Meaning】 send across, cause to go across, transfer, pass on
【DERIVATIVEs】 transmission, transmissive, transmittable, transmittal, transmittible, transmit
Other words containing "mit"; admissibility, admissible, admissive, admittatur, admittee, commissar, commissariat, commissary, commissional, commissionary, commissive, commissural, commissure, committable, committal, committed, committer, compromis, compromissary, decommission, decommit, decommitment, demise, demiss, demit, dimissory, dimit, dismissible, dismission, dismissive, emissary, emissitious, emissive, emissivity, emittent, entremet, fideicommissary, fideicommissum, impermissible, inadmissibility, inadmissible, intermission, intermittent, intromissible, intromission, intromissive, intromit, intromittent, manumission, manumit, messy, mise, missionize, missive, mit, mittimus, neurotransmitter, noncommittal, omissible, omission, omissive, omissiveness, omit, omitter, permissible, permissive, permissory, permittee, permitter, premiss, premit, pretermission, pretermit, promisee, promiser, promisingly, promissive, promissory, readmission, readmit, recommit, remise, remiss, remissible, remission, remissive, remissory, remit, remittal, remittance, remittee, remittence, remittent, retransmission, retransmit, subcommittee, submissible, submission, submissive, submittable, submittal, submitter, surmisable, surmise, surmiser, transmissibility, transmissible, transmissive, transmittal, transmitter
【OTHER ROOTs; 】
mir-
minister-
mine
minor, min-
mill
migr
meter, metr
merge-, mers-
merc-
ment
