The story
- Latin · derived fromremittere“to send, send back”
- Middle English · inherited fromremitten
- English todayremit
From Middle English remitten, from Latin remittere (“to send, send back”). Compare Old French remettre, remetre, remitter.
Words from the same roots
Middle Englishremitten all →
Latinremittere all →
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.