{"era":"current","word":"commend","meaning":"to praise or entrust","children":[{"era":"1300s","word":"commenden","meaning":"to commit to one's care, praise","children":[{"era":"1100s–1200s","word":"commender","meaning":"to entrust, recommend","children":[{"era":"classical","word":"commendare","meaning":"com- (together) + mandare (to entrust, hand over)","children":[{"era":"prehistoric","word":"*man-","meaning":"hand","children":[],"language":"Proto-Indo-European"}],"language":"Latin"}],"language":"Old French"}],"language":"Middle English"}],"language":"Modern English"}