myEtymology.com: Latin etymology of commissura

Etymology of the Latin word commissura

the Latin word commissura (joint, juncture, seam)

derived from the Latin word commissus

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)

English commissure, French commissure, Italian commessura, Portuguese comissura