Word part · Latin root
The Latin root mit
Means: send.
At a glance
- Part
- mit
- Meaning
- send
- Layer
- Latin: Prefixes, suffixes and roots behind many school and book words.
- Also spelled
- miss
Mit becomes miss before -ion: transmit, transmission.
Example words
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- trans (prefix)+mit (root or base)→transmit
send across from one place to another
- trans (prefix)+mit (root or base)+er (suffix)→transmitter
a machine that sends out signals
trans + mit + er: double the last letter → transmitter
- trans (prefix)+miss (root or base)+ion (suffix)→transmission
the act of sending something across
- dis (prefix)+miss (root or base)→dismiss
send away
- miss (root or base)+ion (suffix)→mission
a job someone is sent to do
- inter (prefix)+miss (root or base)+ion (suffix)→intermission
a break between two parts of a show
- e (prefix)+mit (root or base)→emit
send out, as light or sound
e + mit: the prefix changes to match → emit
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