English
commandery
Commandery comes from French commanderie ‘commandery, commandry’, from Latin commendō ‘to commend, entrust to, commit’, and ultimately from Proto-Italic *manus ‘hand’.
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*manus‘hand’reconstructed
- Proto-Italic, derivedc. 1500–700 BCE*manuðō‘to hand over’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmandō‘commit, intrust, enjoin’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcommendōas commendare‘to commend, entrust to, commit’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEcommendaria
- Frenchc. 1600–presentcommanderie‘commandery, commandry’
- Englishtodaycommandery
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*manus‘hand’reconstructed
- Proto-Italic, derivedc. 1500–700 BCE*manuðō‘to hand over’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmandō‘commit, intrust, enjoin’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcommendōas commendare‘to commend, entrust to, commit’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEcommendaria
- Frenchc. 1600–presentcommanderie‘commandery, commandry’
- Englishtodaycommandery
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₂- ‘to beckon, signal’
amaze, mannered, mastiff, 32 more
through Proto-Italic *manus ‘hand’
main, manage, manner, manual, manga, manifest, mano, manus, manacles, 31 more
through Latin mandō ‘commit, intrust, enjoin’
mandatory, mandate, commendation, manger, mandible, mange, mandibular, 14 more
through Latin commendō ‘to commend, entrust to, commit’
Today it means
noun The smallest division of a manor under the control of a commander of an order of knights, originally only the Knights Hospitaller.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Italic *manus / commandery