Where does “comando” come from?
comando (Spanish) comes from Spanish comandar, from Italian comandare, 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,...
comando (Spanish): commando
Definitions
- commando
Ancestry of “comando”, step by step
comando traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Spanish comandar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | comandar | to lead |
| 2 | Italian | comandare | to rule; to command, give orders, be in charge;... |
| 3 | Latin | commandō | to chew |
| 4 | Latin | commendō | to commend, entrust to, commit |
| 5 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 6 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 7 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 11 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 12 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 13 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 14 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 15 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via Latin commandāre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | commandāre | — |
| 2 | Latin | commendāre | — |
| 3 | Latin | mandāre | — |
| 4 | Latin | dāre | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | didō | give |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dédeh₃ti | to be giving |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₃- | to give |