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English word commit comes from Latin com, Latin missum, Latin con-, and later Latin committo (I begin.. I carry on.. I commence (a battle).. I commit.)

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com (Latin)

missum (Latin)

con- (Latin)

Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects. Used in compounds to indicate the completeness, perfecting of any act, and thus gives intensity to the signification of the simple word.

committo (Latin)

I begin.. I carry on.. I commence (a battle).. I commit.

commettre (French)

To commit.

commit (English)

(computing) The act of committing (e.g. a database transaction or source code into a source control repository), making it a permanent change. (computing) To make a set of changes permanent.. (obsolete, Latinism) To confound.. (obsolete, intransitive) To be committed or perpetrated; to take place; to occur.. (obsolete, intransitive) To commit an offence; especially, to fornicate.. [...]

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