Where does “commandeerer” come from?
commandeerer (English) comes from English commandeer, from Afrikaans kommandeer, from Dutch commanderen, from French commander, from Middle French commander, from Old French comander, from Latin commandō, from Latin commendō — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
commandeerer (English): One who commandeers
Definitions
- One who commandeers
Ancestry of “commandeerer”, step by step
commandeerer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English commandeer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | commandeer | To seize for military use; To force into military... |
| 2 | Afrikaans | kommandeer | to command |
| 3 | Dutch | commanderen | to command |
| 4 | French | commander | to order |
| 5 | Middle French | commander | to command |
| 6 | Old French | comander | to command, to implore; to request, to ask for;... |
| 7 | Latin | commandō | to chew |
| 8 | Latin | commendō | to commend, entrust to, commit |
| 9 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 10 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 11 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 15 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 16 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 17 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 18 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 19 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 20 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 21 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via English ER
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ER | The statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of... |
| 2 | Turkish | er | early; brave; man, male |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | ایر | saddle, a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal |
| 4 | Old Anatolian Turkish | ایر | early, at a time in advance of the usual or expected event |
| 5 | Proto-Turkic | ēder | saddle |