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Where does “comaundement” come from?

comaundement (Middle English) comes from Old French comandement, 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,...

comaundement (Middle English): directive, order, request; law, rule, principle;...

Definitions

  1. directive, order, request; law, rule, principle;...

Ancestry of “comaundement”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchcomandementcommand; order; directive
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,...

Words derived from “comaundement”

  • commandment
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