The story
- Latin · derived fromcommendatio“recommendation, commendation”
- Old French · derived fromcommendacion“approval, praise”
- Middle English · inherited fromcommendacioun
- English todaycommendation
From Middle English commendacioun, from Old French commendacion (“approval, praise”), from Latin commendatio (“recommendation, commendation”), from commendare.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.