Where does “recommendableness” come from?
recommendableness (English) comes from English recommendable, from English recommend, from Middle English recommenden, from Old French recommender, from Latin commendare, from Latin commendo, from Latin com-, from Latin con- — resin.
recommendableness (English): The quality or degree of being recommendable
Definitions
- The quality or degree of being recommendable
Ancestry of “recommendableness”, step by step
recommendableness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English recommendable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | recommendable | Capable of being recommended |
| 2 | English | recommend | To bestow commendation on; to represent... |
| 3 | Middle English | recommenden | To entrust someone or something to another's... |
| 4 | Old French | recommender | — |
| 5 | Latin | commendare | present active infinitive of commendō;... |
| 6 | Latin | commendo | I commend, entrust to, commit; I recommend |
| 7 | Latin | com- | allomorph of con- |
| 8 | Latin | con- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing... |
| 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 |
via English Ness
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ness | An Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa |
| 2 | Middle English | nesse | — |
| 3 | Old English | næs | not, not at all; not; first/third-person singular... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | nasją | foothill; headland; cape |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₂s | nose |