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Submit

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means to accept the authority of another, or to present something for consideration
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Stage 1 of 2
submittere
Latin · ancient
"to send under, to yield"
to send under, to yield, from sub- (under) and mittere (to send)
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Stage 2 of 2
submit
English · 1400s
"to yield to authority, or present something for consideration"
settled as the English word for yielding to authority, or presenting something for consideration
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