commend

The story

1. Latin · derived fromcommendō“commend, entrust to, commit, recommend”
2. Old French · derived fromcomender
3. Middle English · inherited fromcommenden
4. English todaycommend

From Middle English commenden, from Old French comender, from Latin commendō (“commend, entrust to, commit, recommend”), from com- + mandō (“to commit, intrust, enjoin”), from manus (“hand”) + dō (“to put”). Doublet of command.