Committee

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late 15th century (in the general sense ‘person to whom something has been entrusted’): from commit + -ee.


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From commit +‎ -ee, else revival of Anglo-Norman commite, past participle of commettre(“to commit”), from Latin committere, from con-(“with”) + mittere(“to send”). The OED3 prefers the first etymology.


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committee (n.)

late 15c., "person appointed to attend to any business, person to whom something is committed," from Anglo-French commite; see commit + -ee.

From 1620s as "body of persons, appointed or elected, to whom some special business or function has been entrusted;" a new formation or else an extended sense of the old noun. Related: Committeeman; committeeship.