Where does “uncommandable” come from?
uncommandable (English) comes from English commandable, from Middle English comaundable, from Middle English comaunden, from Old French comander, from Latin commandō, from Latin commendō, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
uncommandable (English): Not commandable; unresponsive to commands
Definitions
- Not commandable; unresponsive to commands
Ancestry of “uncommandable”, step by step
uncommandable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English commandable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | commandable | Capable of being commanded |
| 2 | Middle English | comaundable | Possible to control |
| 3 | Middle English | comaunden | To command; to order; To demand; to order; To... |
| 4 | Old French | comander | to command, to implore; to request, to ask for;... |
| 5 | Latin | commandō | to chew |
| 6 | Latin | commendō | to commend, entrust to, commit |
| 7 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 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 |
| 19 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |