Where does “komendantintoimisto” come from?
komendantintoimisto (Finnish) comes from Finnish komendantti, from Swedish kommendant, from French commandant, from French commander, from Middle French commander, from Old French comander, from Latin commandō, from Latin commendō — resin, gum; to say, speak.
komendantintoimisto (Finnish): commandant's office
Ancestry of “komendantintoimisto”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | komendantti | commandant |
| 2 | Swedish | kommendant | — |
| 3 | French | commandant | commander; major |
| 4 | French | commander | to order |
| 5 | Middle French | commander | — |
| 6 | Old French | comander | to command, to implore; to request, to ask for;... |
| 7 | Latin | commandō | — |
| 8 | Latin | commendō | — |
| 9 | Latin | cōn- | — |
| 10 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 11 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 15 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 16 | German | kitt | — |
| 17 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 18 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 19 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 20 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |