Where does “комбат” come from?
комбат (Russian) comes from Russian команди́р, from German Kommandeur, from French commandeur, from Old French comandeor, from Old French comander, from Latin commandō, from Latin commendō, from Latin cōn- — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
комбат (Russian): battalion commander; battery commander
Definitions
- battalion commander; battery commander
Ancestry of “комбат”, step by step
комбат traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Russian команди́р
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | команди́р | commander, commanding officer |
| 2 | German | Kommandeur | commander |
| 3 | French | commandeur | commander |
| 4 | Old French | comandeor | commander |
| 5 | Old French | comander | to command, to implore; to request, to ask for;... |
| 6 | Latin | commandō | to chew |
| 7 | Latin | commendō | to commend, entrust to, commit |
| 8 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 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 | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 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,... |
via Ukrainian командир
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ukrainian | командир | commander, commanding officer |