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Where does the word "commit" come from? It comes from Latin committere, and was adopted directly into English (1300s).
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Where does the word "commit" come from? It comes from Latin committere, and was adopted directly into English (1300s).
Commit’s story begins in Latin: committere meant “to send together, to entrust.” To send together, to entrust, from com- (together) and mittere (to send). It reached English by 1300s as commit. Settled as the English word for pledging to a course of action, or entrusting something. Today, commit means to pledge to a course of action, or to entrust something to another's care.
- Stage 1 · Latin · ancient committere "to send together, to entrust", to send together, to entrust, from com- (together) and mittere (to send).
- Stage 2 · English · 1300s commit "to pledge to a course of action, or to entrust something", settled as the English word for pledging to a course of action, or entrusting something.