permettre

French

verb

Definitions

to permit, to allow
(reflexive) to take the liberty of doing something

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French permettre borrowed from Latin permittere, permittō, permitto.

Origin

Latin

permittere, permittō, permitto

Gloss

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Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

permittere Latin
permittere, permittō, permitto Latin
permittō Latin
permitir Spanish, Castilian
permitir Portuguese
permitten Middle English
permetre Catalan, Valencian
permite Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
permettre Middle French
pèmèt Haitian, Haitian Creole
permet Mauritian Creole