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Where does “recommenden” come from?

recommenden (Middle English) comes from Old French recommender, from Latin commendare, from Latin commendo, from Latin com-, from Latin con-, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com, from Proto-Italic kom — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

recommenden (Middle English): To entrust someone or something to another's...

Definitions

  1. To entrust someone or something to another's...

Ancestry of “recommenden”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchrecommender—
2Latincommendarepresent active infinitive of commendō;...
3LatincommendoI commend, entrust to, commit; I recommend
4Latincom-allomorph of con-
5Latincon-Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing...
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 “recommenden”

  • recommend
  • recommender
  • recommendable
  • unrecommendable
  • recommendably
  • recommendary
  • recommendableness
  • unrecommend
  • disrecommend
  • recommendative
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