myEtymology.com: Italian etymology of remissione

Etymology of the Italian word remissione

the Italian word remissione

derived from the Church Latin word remissio (sending back, away, returning)

derived from the Latin word remissus (lenient, forbearing; moderate; relaxed, slack, sagging)

derived from the Latin word remittere (send back, remit; throw back)

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

using the Latin prefix re-