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- Latin · derived frompermissiō
- Middle French · derived frompermission
- Middle English · inherited frompermision
- English todaypermission
From Middle English permision, permission, permissioun, permyssion, from Middle French permission, from Latin permissiō. Equivalent to permit + -ion. Mostly replaced native English leave, from Old English lēaf (“permission”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.