Where does “başkumandan” come from?
başkumandan (Turkish) comes from Turkish kumandan, from Ottoman Turkish قوماندان, from French commandant, from French commander, from Middle French commander, from Old French comander, from Latin commandō, from Latin commendō — resin, gum; to say, speak.
başkumandan (Turkish): commander in chief
Definitions
- commander in chief
Ancestry of “başkumandan”, step by step
başkumandan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Turkish kumandan
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turkish | kumandan | commander |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | قوماندان | commander |
| 3 | French | commandant | commander; major |
| 4 | French | commander | to order |
| 5 | Middle French | commander | to command |
| 6 | Old French | comander | to command, to implore; to request, to ask for;... |
| 7 | Latin | commandō | to chew |
| 8 | Latin | commendō | to commend, entrust to, commit |
| 9 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 10 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 11 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 15 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 16 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 17 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 18 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 19 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 20 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
via Turkish baş
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turkish | baş | head; leader of a group; outset of something |
| 2 | French | basse | feminine singular of bas; bass; acoustic guitar |
| 3 | Italian | basso | low; short; narrow, thin |
| 4 | Latin | Bassus | thick, fat, stumpy, short, low, base |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | βάσις | step; rhythm; foot |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | gʷə́tis | step |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷémtis | step, act of walking |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷem- | to step |