Where does “commandingness” come from?
commandingness (English) comes from English commanding, from English command, 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,...
commandingness (English): The state or quality of being commanding
Definitions
- The state or quality of being commanding
Ancestry of “commandingness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | commanding | present participle of command; Tending to give... |
| 2 | English | command | An order to do something; The right or authority... |
| 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,... |