köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₂-der. Proto-Italic *manus Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁tder. Proto-Italic *-ðō Proto-Italic *manuðō Latin mandō Latin commendō ▲ Latin mandōinflu. Latin commandāre Old French comander Middle French commander French commanderder.…
köken: From bevel (“command”) + hebben (“to have”) + -er. First known attestations from ca. 1535 and thus perhaps after German Befehl(s)haber (1490), probably already Middle High German bevelhaber (1335, copy 16th c.).
commander, commanding officer, leader (one who leads a group of people fighting, especially a military unit) · gangleader (leader of robbers) · leader, boss (one who leads a group of people, especially in a group task)
commander, commanding officer (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · commander (in the Finnish Navy, or of equivalents in other militaries) (commissioned officer rank, NATO: OF-4)