Etymograph

English

accommodatory

Accommodatory comes from Latin accommodātus ‘fit, suitable, appropriate’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEaccommodātus‘fit, suitable, appropriate’
  2. English1500–presentaccommodate
  3. Englishtodayaccommodatory

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEaccommodātus‘fit, suitable, appropriate’
  2. English1500–presentaccommodate
  3. Englishtodayaccommodatory

A compound of com- + commodus ‘comfortable, commodious, suitable, useful,…’ + commodum + commodō ‘to lend or hire’ + accommodō

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe ‘Deictic particle, here’

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm ‘beside, near, by, with’

Proto-Italic *kom ‘with, along, at’

Proto-Italic *kom- ‘together’

Proto-Italic *medos ‘measure’

Latin modus ‘measure’

Latin commodus ‘comfortable, commodious, suitable, useful, convenient, becoming’

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe ‘Deictic particle, here’

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm ‘beside, near, by, with’

Proto-Italic *kom ‘with, along, at’

Proto-Italic *kom- ‘together’

Proto-Italic *medos ‘measure’

Latin modus ‘measure’

Latin commodus ‘comfortable, commodious, suitable, useful, convenient, becoming’

Latin commodum

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe ‘Deictic particle, here’

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm ‘beside, near, by, with’

Proto-Italic *kom ‘with, along, at’

Proto-Italic *kom- ‘together’

Proto-Italic *medos ‘measure’

Latin modus ‘measure’

Latin commodus ‘comfortable, commodious, suitable, useful, convenient, becoming’

Latin commodum

Latin commodō ‘to lend or hire’

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe ‘Deictic particle, here’

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm ‘beside, near, by, with’

Proto-Italic *kom ‘with, along, at’

Proto-Italic *kom- ‘together’

Proto-Italic *medos ‘measure’

Latin modus ‘measure’

Latin commodus ‘comfortable, commodious, suitable, useful, convenient, becoming’

Latin commodum

Latin commodō ‘to lend or hire’

Latin accommodō

Today it means

adj Of or relating to accommodation.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Latin accommodātus / accommodatory