Etymology

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Today it means: An act of recommending. Full definition →

Middle English recommendacioun ← Anglo-Norman recomendacion ← Medieval Latin recommendatio
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  1. Medieval Latin · derived fromrecommendatio
  2. Anglo-Norman · derived fromrecomendacion
  3. Middle English · inherited fromrecommendacioun
  4. English todayrecommendation

From Middle English recommendacioun, from Anglo-Norman recomendacion, from Medieval Latin recommendatio. By surface analysis, recommend + -ation.

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