Where does “recommendably” come from?
recommendably (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.
recommendably (English): So as to deserve recommendation
Definitions
- So as to deserve recommendation
Ancestry of “recommendably”, step by step
recommendably 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 |