commendable
/kəˈmendəbəl/kuh-MEN-duh-buhl
/kəˈmɛndəbəl/kuh-MEN-duh-buhl
Meaningdeserving to be commended
Common meaning: praiseworthy
- comwith, together
- mendto entrust, orderLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1106 · scan
- ableable to be
‘with, together’ + ‘to entrust, order’ → commendable
Journey through time
- Latinmandō, mandāvī‘to entrust, order’
- Englishcommend‘to praise’
- Englishformed in English from commendcommendable‘praiseworthy’ · 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
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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 commend + -able.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), COMMEND, p.123 · scan
Roots
- mandō, mandāvī Latin “to entrust, order”
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