recommitment

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *wre-

Latin re-

Old French re-bor.

Middle English re-

English re-

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Italic *kom

Proto-Italic *kom-

Latin con-

Proto-Indo-European *mey-?

Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-

Proto-Indo-European *-eti

Proto-Indo-European *méyth₂eti

Proto-Italic *meitō

Old Latin mītō

Latin mittō

Latin committōbor.

Middle English committen

English commit

English recommit

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom

Proto-Italic *-mentom

Latin -mentum

Old French -mentbor.

Middle English -ment

English -ment

English recommitment

From recommit + -ment.

Noun

recommitment (countable and uncountable, plural recommitments)

1. A renewal of a commitment, or an act of recommitting
   • 2007 April 24, Micheline Maynard, “Mulally Names an Environmental Executive for Ford”, in The New York Times‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 August 2025:

     “On the other side, we’re just seeing another recommitment of Ford that this is really important and we’re going to make it a high priority of the company.”