myEtymology.com: English etymology of permit

Etymology of the English word permit

the English word permit

derived from the Latin word permittere (to let go; let through; let go through; relinquish)

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

using the Late Latin prefix per-

derived from the Latin word per (through)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *per

Word found in Modern English