praemitto Latin · revision 30731

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *m(e)ith₂-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [prae̯ˈmɪt.toː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [preˈmit.to]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''praemittō''' (present infinitive praemittere, perfect active praemīsī, supine praemissum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ It is often spelled ''prēmittō'' in inscriptions and manuscripts.^(TLL)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed [[af|la|prae-|mittō|t1=before|t2=to send]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces ⟨mittō⟩ to [[itc-pro|*meit-e/o-]] and [[ine-pro|*m(e)ith₂-|t=to exchange, remove]]: from “exchange” the sense passed to “give, bestow” and then “let go, send”; cognates are [[sa|मेथते|tr=methete|t=quarrels]] and [[got|𐌹𐌽𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽|tr=inmaidjan|t=to change]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Plautus, ''Amphitruo'': ''mē ā portū praemīsit domum'', “he sent me ahead home from the harbour”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ ''Praemittō'' is to send ahead, of messengers and troops (Caesar sends legions ahead into Spain), and in Silius to send news of something in advance.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Ovid uses it of the Dawn sending the morning stars before her, and the ''Aetna'' of a sign sent in advance.^(OLD 2012) In rhetoric and grammar it is to say first by way of preface, and to place in front, prefix (Terentianus Maurus of a letter).^(OLD 2012)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “set before, set forth a premise, preface, dispatch”.^(Stelten 1995) From its participle medieval logic named the ''praemissa'' (''prōpositiō''), the proposition set before, whence English ''premise'' (late 14th century).^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of a slave sent home ahead.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar of legions sent ahead.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 43 BC–18 AD – Ovid of the Dawn sending the morning stars.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * late 14th century – English [[m|en|premise]], from the medieval Latin participle.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To send ahead, [[m|en|dispatch]] in advance.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # To send (news, signs) in advance.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To say by way of [[m|en|preface]]; to set forth as a [[m|en|premise]].^(OLD 2012)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # To place in front, [[m|en|prefix]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[mittō]]

+ * [[en|premise]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}