submit

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

Submit’s story begins in Latin: submittere meant “to send under, to yield.” To send under, to yield, from sub- (under) and mittere (to send). It reached English by 1400s as submit. Settled as the English word for yielding to authority, or presenting something for consideration. Today, submit means to accept the authority of another, or to present something for consideration.

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