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Where does “recommendable” come from?

recommendable (English) comes from English recommend, from Middle English recommenden, from Old French recommender, from Latin commendare, from Latin commendo, from Latin com-, from Latin con-, from Latin cum — resin, gum; to say, speak.

recommendable (English): Capable of being recommended

Definitions

  1. Capable of being recommended

Ancestry of “recommendable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishrecommendTo bestow commendation on; to represent...
2Middle EnglishrecommendenTo entrust someone or something to another's...
3Old Frenchrecommender—
4Latincommendarepresent active infinitive of commendō;...
5LatincommendoI commend, entrust to, commit; I recommend
6Latincom-allomorph of con-
7Latincon-Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing...
8Latincumwith, along with; at; -fold
9Old LatincomAlternative form of cum
10Proto-Italickomwith, along, at
11Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
12Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
13Middle Englishkyt—
14Germankitt—
15Old High Germankuti—
16Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
17Proto-Germanickweduzresin
18Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak

Words derived from “recommendable”

  • unrecommendable
  • recommendably
  • recommendableness
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