Where does “κομάντο” come from?
κομάντο (Greek) comes from English commando, from Afrikaans kommando, from Portuguese comando, from Portuguese comandar, from French commander, from Middle French commander, from Old French comander, from Latin commandō — resin.
κομάντο (Greek): commando
Ancestry of “κομάντο”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | commando | A small fighting force specially trained for... |
| 2 | Afrikaans | kommando | — |
| 3 | Portuguese | comando | order; command; command; first place while a... |
| 4 | Portuguese | comandar | to command; to order; to command; to lead; to... |
| 5 | French | commander | to order |
| 6 | Middle French | commander | — |
| 7 | Old French | comander | to command, to implore; to request, to ask for;... |
| 8 | Latin | commandō | — |
| 9 | Latin | commendō | — |
| 10 | Latin | cōn- | — |
| 11 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 12 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 16 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 17 | German | kitt | — |
| 18 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 19 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 20 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |