Etymology of the word "submission"?

Question

I know it comes from the infinitive, "to submit" and "sub" means "under." Anyone know the precise etymological definition of the word "submission"?

Note: I'm not looking for a dictionary definition.

Answer 1

Online Etymology Dictionary
submission

1411, "act of referring to a third party for judgment or decision," from O.Fr. submission, from L. submissionem (nom. submissio) "a lowering, sinking, yielding," from submissus, pp. of submittere "lower, reduce, yield" (see submit). Sense of "humble obedience" is first recorded 1449. Mod.Fr. submission has been replaced by doublet soumission. Submissive "inclined to submit" is recorded from 1586.

submit

c.1374, "to place (oneself) under the control of another," from L. submittere "to yield, lower, let down, put under, reduce," from sub "under" + mittere "let go, send." Sense of "refer to another for consideration" first recorded 1560.

it says it better then i could, but i'll reword it if you like:

it's from 'sub', meaning under, and 'mittere' meaning let go or send. it has the inferrence of sending it to someone else to be looked at..... like you submit an answer to Y! answers....

Answer 2

Meaning Of The Word Submission

Answer 3

To break it down into its component parts, the word submission comes directly from the Latin prefix "sub" = below + the infinitive "mittere" = to send or cause to go. Thus, submission is the act of setting oneself below or under another person or thing. The partial root "mittere" is the same word from which we derive the English word "missive," that is a message or letter, or "something which is sent." The word submission is also related to hundreds of other English words through varying forms and usages of the infinitive "mittere."