What does the root in admit mean?

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Answer 1 · 2016-02-13T16:18:14

The root word is "ad", it means “to, towards.”

Answer 2 · 2016-02-13T16:51:29

ad- "to" (toward) and mittere "let go, send"

I would say that the root word is mittere and that ad is a prefix. (But I am not a linguist.)