Past tense of transmit; sent or conveyed from one place, person, or thing to another. Passed along information, signals, diseases, or inheritance.
From Latin transmittere, from trans- 'across' and mittere 'to send.' Originally meant physically sending something across a distance, later extended to include signals, diseases, and abstract concepts.
Before radio and television, 'transmit' primarily described disease spread and genetic inheritance—the idea of transmitting entertainment or information to mass audiences would have seemed magical. The word bridges ancient concepts of sending messages with modern digital communication.
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