Where does “recommendary” come from?
recommendary (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.
recommendary (English): Serving to recommend
Definitions
- Serving to recommend
Ancestry of “recommendary”, step by step
recommendary traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English recommend
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | recommend | To bestow commendation on; to represent... |
| 2 | Middle English | recommenden | To entrust someone or something to another's... |
| 3 | Old French | recommender | — |
| 4 | Latin | commendare | present active infinitive of commendō;... |
| 5 | Latin | commendo | I commend, entrust to, commit; I recommend |
| 6 | Latin | com- | allomorph of con- |
| 7 | Latin | con- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing... |
| 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 |