commander
/kəˈmændə/kuh-MAN-dur
/kəˈmændɚ/kuh-MAN-dur
Meaningone who orders
Common meaning: a person in charge, especially of troops or a ship
- comwith, together
- mandto entrust, orderLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1106 · scan
- eragent ending: one who
‘with, together’ + ‘to entrust, order’ → commander
Journey through time
- Latinmandō, mandāvī‘to entrust, order’
- Frenchcom
- Englishcommand‘to order’
- Englishformed in English from commandcommander‘a person in charge, especially of troops or a ship’ · today
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
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from command + -er.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), COMMAND, p.123 · scan
Roots
- mandō, mandāvī Latin “to entrust, order”
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