Etymology

emission

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Today it means: Something which is emitted or sent out; issue. Full definition →

Middle French émission ← Latin ēmissiō
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emission · noun1

  1. Latin · derived fromēmissiō“sending forth”
  2. Middle French · borrowed fromémission
  3. English todayemission

First attested in 1607. From Middle French émission, from Latin ēmissiō (“sending forth”), from ēmittō (“send out”), from ex (“from, out of”) + mittō (“send”).

emission · noun2

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  3. Proto-Italic*eks
  4. Latinex
  5. Latinex-
  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. Latinēmittō
  13. Latinēmissiō
  14. Frenchémission
  15. English todayemission

Borrowed from French émission.

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