Where does “recommender” come from?

Recommender comes from English recommend, ultimately from Latin manus meaning hand, through Old French -er and Latin -are.

recommender (English): Agent noun of recommend; one who recommends

Definitions

  1. Agent noun of recommend; one who recommends

Ancestry of “recommender”, 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
14Germankittputty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes
15Old High Germankuti
16Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
17Proto-Germanickweduzresin
18Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷet-