English
commendator
Commendator comes from Latin commendō ‘to commend, entrust to, commit’, from mandō ‘to order, command, enjoin’, 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‘to order, command, enjoin’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcommendō‘to commend, entrust to, commit’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcommendātor
- Englishtodaycommendator
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‘to order, command, enjoin’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcommendō‘to commend, entrust to, commit’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcommendātor
- Englishtodaycommendator
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₂- ‘to beckon, signal’
amaze, mannered, mastiff, 27 more
through Proto-Italic *manus ‘hand’
main, manner, manage, manual, manga, manifest, mano, manus, manacles, 26 more
through Latin mandō ‘to order, command, enjoin’
mandate, mandatory, manger, mandible, mange, mandibular, commandery, 10 more
through Latin commendō ‘to commend, entrust to, commit’
commander, commodore, commando, commandant, commandment, commandeer, 4 more
Today it means
noun A cleric who held a commendam.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Italic *manus / commendator