commenden
Middle English
/kuˈmɛndən/
verb
Definitions
- To recommend, commend or laud someone or something
- To place someone under another's protection or authority.
- (rare) To grant to someone for protection.
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French comender derived from Latin commendō (recommend, entrust to, commit, commend).
Origin
Latin
commendō
Gloss
recommend, entrust to, commit, commend
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- commend English
- commendable English
- commendation English
- commendatory English
- commender English
- commendest English
- commendeth English
- discommend English
- recommend English
- *commando, *commandō, *commandāre Latin
- *commandō Latin
- commendatio Latin
- commendō Latin
- *deh₃- Proto-Indo-European
- commendable Middle English
- commendably Middle English
- commendacioun Middle English
- commendynge Middle English
- recommendacion Middle English
- recommenden Middle English
- comender Old French
- commendacion Old French
- recommender Old French
- commendable Middle French
- recommender xno