comandeor

Old French

Alternative forms

• cumandeur, commandeur

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Italic *kom

Proto-Italic *kom-

Latin con-

Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₂-der.

Proto-Italic *manus

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁tder.

Proto-Italic *-ðō

Proto-Italic *manuðō

Latin mandō

Latin commendō

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Latin mandōinflu.

Latin commandāre

Old French comander

Proto-Indo-European *-tōr

Proto-Italic *-tōr

Latin -tor

Latin -ātor

Old French -eor

Old French comandeor

comander +‎ -eor.

Noun

comandeor oblique singular, m (oblique plural comandeors, nominative singular comandere, nominative plural comandeor)

1. (military) commander

Descendants

• → Middle English: comaundour
  • English: commander
• Middle French: commandeur
  • French: commandeur

References

• Frédéric Godefroy (1880–1902), “commandeur”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle […], Paris: F[riedrich] Vieweg; Émile Bouillon, →OCLC.
• “comanderre”, in Anglo-Norman Dictionary, 2nd edition, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion: Aberystwyth University, 2001–2026.