The story
- Latin · derived fromcommendabilis
- Middle French · derived fromcommendable
- Middle English · inherited fromcommendable
- English todaycommendable
From Middle English commendable, from Middle French commendable, from Latin commendabilis, from commendare (“to commend, intrust to”), from com- + mandare (“to commit, intrust, enjoin”), from manus (“hand”) + dare (“to put”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.