Etymology

commit

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Today it means: To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to entrust; to consign; used with to or formerly unto. Full definition →

Middle English committen ← Latin committō
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  1. Latin · derived fromcommittō“to bring together, join, compare, commit (a wrong), incur, give in charge, etc.”
  2. Middle English · inherited fromcommitten
  3. English todaycommit

Inherited from Middle English committen, itself borrowed from Latin committō (“to bring together, join, compare, commit (a wrong), incur, give in charge, etc.”), from com- (“together”) + mittō (“to send”). See mission.

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