Commit
/kəˈmɪt/noun
To carry out, dedicate, or bind oneself to a course of action.
Did you know?Commit comes from Latin *committere*, which originally meant “to join together” or “entrust,” and in older legal usage it could mean to hand someone over to custody — a reminder that words of obligation often began as acts of binding.
Etymological Timeline
Latin
Latin
committere
“to join together, connect, entrust; later, to perpetrate or cause”
Late Latin
Latin
commissus
“joined, entrusted, put together”
Old French
Old French
cometre
“to entrust, hand over, or perform”
Middle English
English
commiten
“to entrust, assign, or do an act”
Modern English
English
commit
“to carry out, pledge, or bind oneself to something”