decommission

/dikəˈmɪʃən/dee-kuh-MIH-shuhn

/dikəˈmɪʃən/dee-kuh-MIH-shuhn

Meaningto undo a sending (in service)

Common meaning: to withdraw from use officially

dedown, away, off; undoing
comwith, together
missto send, releaseLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1152 · scan
ionnoun ending: act or result

‘down, away, off’ + ‘with, together’ + ‘to send, release’ → decommission

Journey through time

Latinmittō, mīsī, missum‘to send, release’
Frenchcommission
Englishdecommission‘to withdraw from use officially’ · today

de- also in: deter decamp decide deduce defame

com- also in: compel combust comfort command commend

miss also in: emit dismiss dismissal submission subcommittee

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

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Origin: Built on Latin mittō ‘to send, release’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry mittō, p. 1152 · dictionary scan

Roots

mittō, mīsī, missum Latin “to send, release”

Related words

dismiss dismissal emit subcommittee submission

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