Where does “comando” come from?
comando (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese comandar, from French commander, from Middle French commander, from Old French comander, from Latin commandō, from Latin commendō, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
comando (Portuguese): order; command; command; first place while a...
Definitions
- order; command; command; first place while a...
Ancestry of “comando”, step by step
comando traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Portuguese comandar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | comandar | to command; to order; to command; to lead; to... |
| 2 | French | commander | to order |
| 3 | Middle French | commander | to command |
| 4 | Old French | comander | to command, to implore; to request, to ask for;... |
| 5 | Latin | commandō | to chew |
| 6 | Latin | commendō | to commend, entrust to, commit |
| 7 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 8 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 9 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 13 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 14 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 15 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 16 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 17 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 19 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via Late Latin *commandare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Late Latin | *commandare | — |