Where does “commandolike” come from?
commandolike (English) comes from English commando, from Afrikaans kommando, from Portuguese comando, from Portuguese comandar, from French commander, from Middle French commander, from Old French comander, from Latin commandō — resin.
commandolike (English): Like a commando or commandoes
Definitions
- Like a commando or commandoes
Ancestry of “commandolike”, step by step
commandolike traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English commando
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | commando | A small fighting force specially trained for... |
| 2 | Afrikaans | kommando | — |
| 3 | Portuguese | comando | order; command; command; first place while a... |
| 4 | Portuguese | comandar | to command; to order; to command; to lead; to... |
| 5 | French | commander | to order |
| 6 | Middle French | commander | to command |
| 7 | Old French | comander | to command, to implore; to request, to ask for;... |
| 8 | Latin | commandō | to chew |
| 9 | Latin | commendō | to commend, entrust to, commit |
| 10 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 11 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 12 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 16 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 17 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 18 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 19 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 20 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
via English like
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | like | To enjoy, be pleased by; favor; be in favor of;... |
| 2 | Dutch | luik | hatch; shutter; panel, as in a triptych |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | luke | — |
| 4 | Dutch | luiken | to close, to shut |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | luken | to close, to shut; to close, to become closed |
| 6 | Old Dutch | lūcan | to close, shut |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | lūkan | to close, to shut |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | lūkaną | to close, to shut; Alternative form of *leukaną |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | lewǵ- | to break, tear; to break, shatter |