command

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1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
3. Proto-Italic*kom
4. Proto-Italic*kom-
5. Latincon-
6. Proto-Indo-European*(s)meh₂-
7. Proto-Italic*manus
8. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
9. Proto-Indo-European*dʰéh₁t
10. Proto-Italic*manuðō
11. Latinmandō
12. Latincommendō
13. Latinmandōinflu.
14. Latincommandāre
15. Old Frenchcomander
16. Middle Englishcomaunden
17. English todaycommand

From Middle English commanden, commaunden, comaunden, comanden, from Old French comander, from Late Latin commandāre, from Latin commendāre. Ultimately from Latin com- + mandō (whence ultimately also commend (a doublet), mandate, and recommend), from manus + -dō. Compare typologically Russian поручи́ть (poručítʹ), поруче́ние (poručénije), руководи́ть (rukovodítʹ), руководи́тель (rukovodítelʹ) related to рука́ (ruká).

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