Etymology

mission

mis·sion
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Today it means: A set of tasks that fulfills a purpose or duty; an assignment set by an employer, or by oneself. Full definition →

Latin missiō ← Old Latin mītō ← Proto-Italic *meitō
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*mey-?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*meyth₂-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*méyth₂eti
  4. Proto-Italic*meitō
  5. Old Latinmītō
  6. Latinmittō
  7. Latinmissiō
  8. English todaymission

Learned borrowing from Latin missiō, missiōnem (“a sending, sending away, dispatching, discharging, release, remission, cessation”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.