mit / miss
to send, to let go
Latin · mittere / missus
Latin mittere means to send or let go. Words with mit and miss are about sending: transmit sends across, a mission is someone sent out, dismiss sends away, permit lets something pass through.
Memory trick
Mit: you send a mitten by post with a note.
Words from this root
- admit (ad + mit) — to let in, acceptस्वीकार करना, प्रवेश देना
- commit (com + mit) — to send together, pledgeप्रतिबद्ध होना, अपराध करना
- committee (com + mitt + ee) — a group sent with a taskसमिति
- commission (com + miss + ion) — a task given to someoneआयोग, सौंपा गया काम
- dismiss (dis + miss) — to send awayबर्ख़ास्त करना
- emit (e + mit) — to send outउत्सर्जित करना
- emission (e + miss + ion) — something sent outउत्सर्जन
- intermission (inter + miss + ion) — a break sent between actsमध्यांतर
- intermittent (inter + mitt + ent) — coming and going at timesरुक-रुककर आने वाला
- mission (miss + ion) — a task one is sent to doमिशन, अभियान
- omit (o + mit) — to let go, leave outछोड़ देना, चूक जाना
- permit (per + mit) — to let pass, allowअनुमति देना
- submit (sub + mit) — to send under, hand inजमा करना, सौंपना
- transmit (trans + mit) — to send acrossसंचारित करना
- promise (pro + mise) — to send forth words, pledgeवादा