transmissio

Pronunciation

• IPA (Classical): [trãːsˈmɪs.si.oː]^[1]
• IPA (Ecclesiastical): [tranzˈmis.si.o]^[1]

Forms

trānsmissiō f (genitive trānsmissiōnis); third declension^[1]

Etymology

It is from trānsmittō “to send across” with the suffix -tiō.^[2][1][3]

Earliest recorded meaning

Köbler's first source is Cicero, whom he dates 81–43 BC, and Cicero uses it of the crossing to Greece.^[4][5]

Semantic evolution

It meant a journey to the other side, a sea crossing, a passage, as in Cicero's letters and Philippics.^[2][6] Gaffiot adds a sending, dispatch.^[6]

In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant a sending, forwarding.^[7] British Medieval Latin used it for despatch, and figuratively a message.^[8] It gave English transmission in the 1610s, “conveyance from one place to another”.^[3]

Timeline

• 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it.^[4][5]
• 1610s – English transmission is recorded.^[3]

Meanings

Noun

1. A crossing, passage.^[2]
2. A sending, transmission.^[6][7]

Related words

• trānsmittō
• mittō
• English transmission

References

1. ^ a b c d Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press
3. ^ a b c Harper, Douglas. Online Etymology Dictionary, https://www.etymonline.com
4. ^ a b Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de
5. ^ a b Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
6. ^ a b c Gaffiot, Félix (2016), Dictionnaire latin-français, new ed. by Gérard Gréco et al. (Gaffiot 2016), online ed.
7. ^ a b Stelten, Leo F. (1995), Dictionary of Ecclesiastical Latin, Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson
8. ^ Latham, R. E., D. R. Howlett, R. K. Ashdowne, et al. (1975–2013), Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources, London: British Academy / Oxford University Press