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"to submit (yield, give in)" in seven languages

Meaningto submit (yield, give in)

Spanish

someter

/someˈteɾ/

inherited

Reflexive in this sense: someterse.

French

soumettre

/sumɛtʁ/

inherited

Reshaped on mettre 'to put'; reflexive here: se soumettre.

Italian

sottomettere

/sottoˈmettere/

other source · Italian sotto 'under' (Latin SUBTUS) + mettere (MITTERE)

Reflexive here: sottomettersi.

Portuguese

submeter

/submeˈteh/

learned

Romanian

supune

/suˈpune/

other source · Latin SUPPŌNERE 'to put under'

Catalan

sotmetre

/sutˈmɛtɾə/

inherited

The prefix was remodelled on sota 'under'.

English

submit

/səbˈmɪt/

from Latin/French · Latin SUBMITTERE, via Old French

English → Italianto submit (yield, give in)sottomettereNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: submission, submissive, admit, mission.What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

SUBMITTERE‘to put under, lower’

All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.

The story

SUBMITTERE 'to put oneself under' survives in Spanish and French; Italian rebuilt the same idea from sotto + mettere. For handing in a form, the sisters prefer presentar, soumettre or presentare.

English relatives: submission, submissive, admit, mission

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In a sentence

  • esLos rebeldes se negaron a someterse.
  • frLes rebelles ont refusé de se soumettre.
  • itI ribelli si rifiutarono di sottomettersi.
  • ptOs rebeldes se recusaram a se submeter.
  • roRebelii au refuzat să se supună.
  • caEls rebels es van negar a sotmetre's.
  • enThe rebels refused to submit.

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