myEtymology.com: English etymology of committal

Etymology of the English word committal

the English word committal

derived from the English word commit

derived from the Latin word committere (bring together, unite, join; engage , set against; begin)

derived from the Medieval Latin word mittere (to send; send, throw, hurl)

using the Latin prefix con- (together)

derived from the Latin prefix com-

derived from the Latin word cum (with)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kom (near, with, together)

using the English suffix -al