transmissio Latin · revision 9131

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Cicero|origins=la mittō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [trãːsˈmɪs.si.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [tranzˈmis.si.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''trānsmissiō''' ''f'' (genitive trānsmissiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[trānsmittō]] “to send across” with the suffix [[-tiō]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's first source is Cicero, whom he dates 81–43 BC, and Cicero uses it of the crossing to Greece.^(Köbler 2010)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant a journey to the other side, a sea crossing, a passage, as in Cicero's letters and ''Philippics''.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) Gaffiot adds a sending, dispatch.^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant a sending, forwarding.^(Stelten 1995) British Medieval Latin used it for despatch, and figuratively a message.^(DMLBS) It gave [[en|transmission]] in the 1610s, “conveyance from one place to another”.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it.^(Köbler 2010)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ * 1610s – English ''transmission'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A crossing, passage.^(OLD 2012)

+ # A sending, [[m|en|transmission]].^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[trānsmittō]]

+ * [[mittō]]

+ * [[en|transmission]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}