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English word permit comes from Latin missum, Middle French (ca. 1400-1600) mettre (To put; to place.), Old French (842-ca. 1400) metre (To put, to place.), Latin pro
missum (Latin)
mettre (Middle French)
To put; to place.
metre (Old French)
To put, to place.
pro (Latin)
About. According to. As befitting. As, like. Before. For. In front, instead of. On behalf of.
mettre (French)
(pronominal) to start (+ à) (something / doing something), to get around to doing something. (transitive) to put; to place. (transitive) to set (to lay a table). (transitive, of clothing) to put on.
permittere (Latin)
permettre (Middle French)
To permit, to allow.
permitten (Middle English)
permit (English)
(intransitive) To allow for, to make something possible. [from 16th c.]. (intransitive) To allow, to admit (of). [from 18th c.]. (now, _, archaic, rare) To hand over, resign (something to someone). [from 15th c.]. (transitive) To allow (someone) to do something; to give permission to. [from 15th c.]. (transitive) To allow (something) to happen, to give permission for. [from 15th c.]. [...]