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mit
(MIT)to send
Latin for sending. The two spellings (mit and miss) come from different Latin verb forms.
rootLatin
MovementSpellings:mitmiss
Example words
submit
to send under someone's authority
transmit
to send across
mission
a task someone is sent to do
dismiss
to send away
emit
to send out
Who it is for
Grades served: 5, 6, 7
Level 2Level 1 holds the word parts students meet first. Level 3 holds the ones that turn up in harder reading.
Movement. Roots about going, sending, carrying, and getting somewhere.
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