C16: from Latin submissus lowered, gentle, from submittere to reduce, from sub- + mittere to send
submiss in American English
(səbˈmɪs)
adjective
Archaic
submissive; humble
submiss in American English
(səbˈmɪs)
adjective
archaic
submissive
Word origin
[1560–70; ‹ L submissus (ptp. of submittere to submit)]This word is first recorded in the period 1560–70. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: acute, cylinder, ellipsis, identity, ritual