commendacioun
Middle English
/kɔmɛnˌdaːsiˈuːn/
noun
Definitions
- Commendation, extolling; the bestowing of praise.
- The Christian ceremony where one is commended to God after death.
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French commendacion (praise, approval) derived from Latin commendātiō affix from Middle English commenden.
Origin
Middle English
commenden
Gloss
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- commend English
- commendation English
- discommendation English
- commendatio Latin
- commendātiō Latin
- commendable Middle English
- commenden Middle English
- commendynge Middle English
- recommenden Middle English
- comender Old French
- commendacion Old French