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Q&A How did mittō (to send) semantically shift 🢂 in Vulgar Latin 🡺 to mean "put"?

Wiktionary allegates that, for the Latin mittō (“to send”), The semantic shift from "send" to "put" probably occurred in Vulgar Latin. What semantic notions underlie "send" and "put"? I can'...

0 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by PSTH‭  ·  edited 1y ago by PSTH‭

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#4: Post edited by user avatar PSTH‭ · 2022-07-18T02:48:17Z (over 1 year ago)
  • How did mittō (to send) semantically shift 🡲 in Vulgar Latin 🡲 to mean "put"?
  • How did mittō (to send) semantically shift 🢂 in Vulgar Latin 🡺 to mean "put"?
  • [Wiktionary](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/meter#Etymology_9) allegates that, for the Latin *mittō* (“to send”),
  • >The semantic shift from "send" to "put" probably occurred in Vulgar Latin.
  • What semantic notions underlie "send" and "put"? I can't brainstorm any relationship between the two.
  • [Wiktionary](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/meter#Etymology_9) allegates that, for the Latin *mittō* (“to send”),
  • >The semantic shift from "send" to "put" probably occurred in Vulgar Latin.
  • What semantic notions underlie "send" and "put"? I can't brainstorm any relationship between the two, even after reading this [word map or narrative](http://wordempire.blogspot.com/2008/11/1-mitto-mittere-misi-missum-to-send.html).
#3: Post edited by user avatar PSTH‭ · 2022-07-18T01:32:02Z (over 1 year ago)
  • How did send" semantically shift 🡲 in Vulgar Latin 🡲 to mean "put"?
  • How did mittō (to send) semantically shift 🡲 in Vulgar Latin 🡲 to mean "put"?
#2: Post edited by user avatar PSTH‭ · 2022-07-18T01:31:02Z (over 1 year ago)
  • How might've "send" semantically shift to mean "put", in Vulgar Latin?
  • How did send" semantically shift 🡲 in Vulgar Latin 🡲 to mean "put"?
#1: Initial revision by user avatar PSTH‭ · 2022-07-18T01:29:53Z (over 1 year ago)
How might've "send" semantically shift to mean "put", in Vulgar Latin? 
[Wiktionary](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/meter#Etymology_9) allegates that, for the Latin *mittō* (“to send”),

>The semantic shift from "send" to "put" probably occurred in Vulgar Latin. 

What semantic notions underlie  "send" and "put"? I can't brainstorm any relationship between the two.