Where does “commandwide” come from?
commandwide (English) comes from English command, from French commander, from Middle French commander, from Old French comander, from Latin commandō, from Latin commendō, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
commandwide (English): Throughout a military command
Definitions
- Throughout a military command
Ancestry of “commandwide”, step by step
commandwide traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English command
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | command | An order to do something; The right or authority... |
| 2 | French | commander | to order |
| 3 | Middle French | commander | to command |
| 4 | Old French | comander | to command, to implore; to request, to ask for;... |
| 5 | Latin | commandō | to chew |
| 6 | Latin | commendō | to commend, entrust to, commit |
| 7 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 8 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 9 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 13 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 14 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 15 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 16 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 17 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 19 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via English wide
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | wide | Having a large physical extent from side to side;... |
| 2 | Old English | wīd | wide, vast, broad, long; distant, far |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | wīdaz | wide; broad |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁weydʰh₁os | set apart, asunder, in two |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | dwi- | two; apart, asunder |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dwóh₁ | two |