Where does “commando” come from?
Commando comes from Afrikaans kommando, from Portuguese comando, from Latin commandare, meaning "to command," formed from com- "together" and manus "hand."
commando (English): A small fighting force specially trained for...
Definitions
- A small fighting force specially trained for...
Ancestry of “commando”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Afrikaans | kommando | — |
| 2 | Portuguese | comando | order; command; command; first place while a... |
| 3 | Portuguese | comandar | to command; to order; to command; to lead; to... |
| 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 |