transmitted
Meaning
(past tense and past participle of transmit) to send or pass something from one person, place, or thing to another.
to broadcast something, or to be broadcast, by radio or television.
to allow heat, light, sound, or electricity to pass through.
Structure
Usage
the disease is transmitted through contact with bodily fluids.
the data was transmitted via a secure satellite link.
the ceremony will be transmitted live on national television.
Etymology
The word 'transmitted' is built upon the Latin verb transmittere, a compound of trans- ("across") and mittere ("to send"). This literal sense of "sending across" a distance was used in Classical Latin for physical objects, messages, and even diseases. Entering English via Old French transmettre, the word initially retained this concrete meaning. The development of technologies for conveying energy and information—such as telegraphy, radio, and electrical circuits—led to the semantic expansion of 'transmit' to include the passage of signals, waves, and power, giving rise to its modern technical and broadcast senses. The '-ted' suffix is the regular English past tense marker, attached to the base form 'transmit'.
Analysis
- trans: a latin prefix meaning "across," "beyond," or "through." it functions as a locative prefix indicating movement from one side to another. - mit: from the latin verb mittere, meaning "to send," "to let go," or "to dispatch." it functions as the core verbal root. - ted: a modern english inflectional suffix used to form the past tense and past participle of regular verbs.