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Etymology of emit

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-I

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Unnumbered source etymology

Original entry ↗
verb

To send out or give off. · To come out, to be sent out or given off. · To result in specific machine instructions or bytecode when compiled. · To produce specific computer code when processed or executed.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *méyth₂eti Proto-Italic *meitō Old Latin mītō Latin mittō Latin ēmittōbor. English emit Borrowed from Latin ēmittō.

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