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Why did Old French borrow “praemissa” for “premise”?

Old French didn’t "borrow" from Latin, Latin evolved to what became Old French (among other languages.)

Anyway, there is no problem with premisse etymology being "sent ahead".

The premisses are the propositions "sent" ahead, i.e. transmitted, expressed first while the conclusion is what is expressed next.