Etymology

admittatur

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Today it means: The certificate of admission formerly given in some American colleges, such as Harvard. Full definition →

Latin admittātur
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromadmittātur“let him be admitted”
  2. English todayadmittatur

Borrowed from Latin admittātur (“let him be admitted”), the third-person singular present passive subjunctive form of admittō (“to let in; to admit”).

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