omit

Where does the word "omit" come from? It comes from Latin omittere, and was adopted directly into English (1400s).

Omit’s story begins in Latin: omittere meant “to let go, to disregard.” To send away, to let go, to disregard, from ob- (away) and mittere (to send). It reached English by 1400s as omit. Settled as the English word for leaving something out. Today, omit means to leave something out or fail to include it.

1. Stage 1 · Latin · ancient omittere "to let go, to disregard", to send away, to let go, to disregard, from ob- (away) and mittere (to send).
2. Stage 2 · English · 1400s omit "to leave something out, or fail to include it", settled as the English word for leaving something out.