missus.
messenger; legate; sending (away); dispatch; shooting, discharge of missiles;
Meaning & usage
a sending, dispatching
a throwing, hurling, cast, shot
a round
a course
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *méyth₂eti Proto-Italic *meitō Old Latin mītō Latin mittō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin missus From mittō (“to send, to shoot, to let”) + -tus.
sent, having been sent, caused to go, having been caused to go
let go, having been let go, released, having been released, discharged, having been discharged
thrown, having been thrown, hurled, having been hurled, cast, having been cast, launched, having been launched
sent out, having been sent out, emitted, having been emitted
uttered, having been uttered
dismissed, having been dismissed, disregarded, having been disregarded
put to an end, having been put to an end
Where this word comes from
Perfect passive participle of mittō (“send, dispatch”)
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