Etymology

mandement

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Today it means: A commandment or directive. Full definition →

Middle English maundement ← Old French mandement
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The story

  1. Old French · derived frommandement
  2. Middle English · inherited frommaundement
  3. English todaymandement

From Middle English maundement, from Old French mandement. Doublet of mandamento.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.