transmit

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

Transmit’s story begins in Latin: transmittere meant “to send across.” To send across, from trans- (across) and mittere (to send). It reached English by 1400s as transmit. Settled as the English word for sending something from one place to another. Today, transmit means to send or pass something from one place, person, or thing to another.

1. Stage 1 · Latin · ancient transmittere "to send across", to send across, from trans- (across) and mittere (to send).
2. Stage 2 · English · 1400s transmit "to send something from one place or person to another", settled as the English word for sending something from one place to another.