Etymograph

English

commandancy

Commandancy comes from Spanish comandancia ‘commandery’, from comandar ‘to lead’, and ultimately from Latin commandō.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcommandō
  2. Italianc. 1300–presentcomandare
  3. Spanishc. 1500–presentcomandar‘to lead’
  4. Spanish, derivedc. 1500–presentcomandante‘commander’
  5. Spanish, derivedc. 1500–presentcomandancia‘commandery’
  6. Englishtodaycommandancy

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history not traced here.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcommandō
  2. Italianc. 1300–presentcomandare
  3. Spanishc. 1500–presentcomandar‘to lead’
  4. Spanish, derivedc. 1500–presentcomandante‘commander’
  5. Spanish, derivedc. 1500–presentcomandancia‘commandery’
  6. Englishtodaycommandancy

Every English word from Latin commandō

Today it means

noun A comandancia; a commandery.

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

Etymograph / Latin commandō / commandancy

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