commission

commission · noun, verb¹

1. Latin · derived fromcommissiō“sending together; commission”
2. Old French · derived fromcommission
3. Middle English · inherited fromcommissioun
4. English todaycommission

From Middle English commissioun, from Old French commission, from Latin commissiō (“sending together; commission”), from committō + -tiō (suffix forming nouns of action), from com- (“with”) + mittō (“to send”).

commission · noun²

Compare Italian camicia and Romanian cămeșă.

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