{"era":"current","word":"commit","meaning":"to pledge or bind","children":[{"era":"1200s","word":"committen","meaning":"to join, to entrust","children":[{"era":"classical","word":"committere","meaning":"to join, to entrust, to combine","children":[{"era":"classical","word":"com-","meaning":"together, with","children":[],"language":"Latin (prefix)"},{"era":"classical","word":"mittere","meaning":"to send, to put, to let go","children":[],"language":"Latin"}],"language":"Latin"}],"language":"Old French"}],"language":"Modern English"}