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