Where does “ĉefkomando” come from?
ĉefkomando (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto komando, from Esperanto komandi, from French commander, from Middle French commander, from Old French comander, from Latin commandō, from Latin commendō, from Latin cōn- — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
Ancestry of “ĉefkomando”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Esperanto | komando | — |
| 2 | Esperanto | komandi | — |
| 3 | French | commander | to order |
| 4 | Middle French | commander | — |
| 5 | Old French | comander | to command, to implore; to request, to ask for;... |
| 6 | Latin | commandō | — |
| 7 | Latin | commendō | — |
| 8 | Latin | cōn- | — |
| 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 | — |
| 16 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 17 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 18 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 19 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 20 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |