Etymology

dismiss

dis·miss
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Today it means: To discharge; to end the employment or service of. Full definition →

Middle English dismissen /dismisen ← Latin dīmittō, ~mittĕre, ~mīsī, ~missum ← Old Latin mītō
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  3. Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
  4. Proto-Italic*dis-
  5. Latindī-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*mey-?
  7. Proto-Indo-European*meyth₂-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*méyth₂eti
  9. Proto-Italic*meitō
  10. Old Latinmītō
  11. Latinmittō
  12. Latindīmittō, ~mittĕre, ~mīsī, ~missum
  13. Middle Englishdismissen /dismisen
  14. English todaydismiss

Middle English, from Latin dimissus (“sent away, dismissed, banished”), perfect passive participle of dīmittō (“send away, dismiss”), from dis- + mittere (“to send”).

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