WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
-mit-, root.
- -mit- comes from Latin, where it has the meaning "send.'' It is related to -mis-. This meaning is found in such words as: admit, commit, committee, emit, intermittent, noncommittal, omit, permit, remit, remittance, submit, transmit.
'MIT' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Hermit Kingdom
- Lees Summit
- Mitty
- Mitzi
- Peter the Hermit
- Walter Mitty
- building permit
- carry permit
- dimity
- emission
- goddamnit
- hermit crab
- hermit thrush
- meta
- minisummit
- miticide
- mitigate
- mitosis
- mitral
- mitten
- presummit
- summit meeting
- surmise