Etymology

dimit

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Today it means: To dismiss, let go, or release. Full definition →

Latin dimittere
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  1. Latin · derived fromdimittere“to send away, let go”
  2. English todaydimit

From Latin dimittere (“to send away, let go”), from di-, dis- + mittere (“to send”). See dismiss and demit.

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