{"era":"current","word":"mission","meaning":"an assigned task or purpose","children":[{"era":"1400s","word":"mission","meaning":"the sending forth of missionaries or an assignment","children":[{"era":"classical","word":"missio","meaning":"a sending, dispatch","children":[{"era":"classical","word":"mittere","meaning":"to send, let go, release","children":[],"language":"Latin"}],"language":"Latin"}],"language":"Middle English"}],"language":"Modern English"}