Etymology

commandant

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Today it means: A commanding officer, usually of a specific force or division. Full definition →

French commandant ← Middle French commander ← Old French comander
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The story

  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 Frenchcommander
  17. Frenchcommander
  18. Frenchcommandant
  19. English todaycommandant

From French commandant.

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