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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.]. [...]

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