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Where does “comaunde” come from?

comaunde (Middle English) comes from Middle English comaunden, from Old French comander, from Latin commandō, from Latin commendō, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com, from Proto-Italic kom — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

comaunde (Middle English): Alternative form of comaunden; command

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of comaunden; command

Ancestry of “comaunde”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishcomaundenTo command; to order; To demand; to order; To...
2Old Frenchcomanderto command, to implore; to request, to ask for;...
3Latincommandō—
4Latincommendō—
5Latincōn-—
6Latincumwith, along with; at; -fold
7Old LatincomAlternative form of cum
8Proto-Italickomwith, along, at
9Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
10Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
11Middle Englishkyt—
12Germankitt—
13Old High Germankuti—
14Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
15Proto-Germanickweduzresin
16Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak
17Proto-Indo-Europeangū-to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
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