recommend

/ˌɹekəˈmend/reh-kuh-MEND

/ˌɹɛkəˈmɛnd/reh-kuh-MEND

Meaningto entrust

Common meaning: to put forward as good

reagain; back
comwith, together
mendto entrust, orderLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1106 · scan

‘again’ + ‘with, together’ + ‘to entrust, order’ → recommend

Journey through time

Latinmandō, mandāvī‘to entrust, order’
Frenchrecommander
Middle Englishrecommendensource
Englishrecommend‘to put forward as good’ · today

re- also in: react rebel relax repel reply

com- also in: compel combust comfort command commend

mend also in: demand command commend mandate

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

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Origin: Built on Latin mandō ‘to entrust, order’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry mandō, p. 1106 · dictionary scan

Roots

mandō, mandāvī Latin “to entrust, order”

Related words

command commend demand mandate

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