English
mandement
Mandement comes from Old French mandement.
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400mandement
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500maundement‘the entirety of a religion's law or strictures’
- Englishtodaymandement
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400mandement
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500maundement‘the entirety of a religion's law or strictures’
- Englishtodaymandement
Every English word from Old French mandement
Today it means
noun A commandment or directive.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old French mandement / mandement