myEtymology.com: Latin etymology of dimissio

Etymology of the Latin word dimissio

the Latin word dimissio (dismissal, firing, discharge; sending out, forth, in different directions)

derived from the Latin word dimissus (surrender; handing over; demise)

derived from the Classical Latin word dimittere (discontinue, renounce, abandon; dissolve; part with; put away; release, set free; allow to escape; send away, off; allow to go)

derived from the New Latin word di-

derived from the Greek word di-, δι-, δί-

derived from the Greek word dis, δίς (double; twice)

using the Latin prefix dis-

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

using the Latin prefix di(s)-

Derivations in other languages

Anglo-French dimissioun, Anglo-Norman dimissioun, French demission, Italian dimissionale, Spanish dimisión