Where does “komandan” come from?
komandan (Crimean Tatar) comes from Ottoman Turkish قوماندان, from French commandant, from French commander, from Middle French commander, from Old French comander, from Latin commandō, from Latin commendō, from Latin cōn- — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
komandan (Crimean Tatar): commander
Definitions
- commander
Ancestry of “komandan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | قوماندان | commander |
| 2 | French | commandant | commander; major |
| 3 | French | commander | to order |
| 4 | Middle French | commander | to command |
| 5 | Old French | comander | to command, to implore; to request, to ask for;... |
| 6 | Latin | commandō | to chew |
| 7 | Latin | commendō | to commend, entrust to, commit |
| 8 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 9 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 10 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 14 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 15 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 16 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 17 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 18 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 19 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 20 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |