The story
- Latin · derived fromre-
- Old French · derived fromrecommender
- Middle English · inherited fromrecommenden
- English todayrecommend
From Middle English recommenden, from Old French recommender (compare French recommander), from Latin re- + commendāre (“to commend, commit; to recommend”), from con- + mandāre (“commit, intrust, enjoin”), from manus (“hand, handwriting, power”) + dare (“to give; to offer or render”). Compare typologically Bulgarian препоръчам (preporăčam), Serbo-Croatian препоручити, Slovene priporočiti, Czech doporučit, Slovak odporučiť (the same meaning); Russian поручи́ться (poručítʹsja), пору́ка (porúka), поручи́тельство (poručítelʹstvo) (close meaning), all related to Proto-Slavic *rǫka (Bulgarian ръка (răka), Russian рука́ (ruká)).
Words from the same roots
Latinre- all →
refrainredressrecompenserepastrelentrevetmentrenayremonstrateravelinre-retroussérevestrevigorate
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.