Etymology

dismissible

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Today it means: That may be dismissed Full definition →

English dismiss ← Middle English dismissen /dismisen ← Latin dīmittō, ~mittĕre, ~mīsī, ~missum
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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. Englishdismiss
  15. English todaydismissible

From dismiss + -ible.

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