different between commandable vs commendable

English

Etymology

From Middle English comaundable; equivalent to command +? -able.

Adjective

commandable (comparative more commandable, superlative most commandable)

1. Capable of being commanded.
   • 2009, Martha Fineman, Karen Worthington, What is right for children?

     According to this argument, love is an emotion and emotions are not commandable.

Derived terms

• commandability

Translations

See also

• commendable

English

Etymology

From Middle English commendable, from Middle French commendable, from Latin commendabilis, from commendare (“to commend, intrust to”), from com- + mandare (“to commit, intrust, enjoin”), from manus (“hand”) + dare (“to put”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??m?nd?b?l/

Adjective

commendable (comparative more commendable, superlative most commendable)

1. Worthy of commendation; deserving praise; admirable, creditable, or meritorious.
   • circa 1600, The Merchant of Venice,Act I, scene I:

     LThanks,i' faith; for silence is only commendable/In a neat's tongue dried and a maid not vendible.

Related terms

• commend
• commendation
• commendatory

Translations

See also

• commandable

Further reading

• commendable in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• commendable in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• commendable at OneLook Dictionary Search

Middle English

Alternative forms

• comendable, commendabell, commendabil, commendabill

Etymology

From Middle French commendable, from Latin commendabilis; equivalent to commenden +? -able.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ku?m?nd?a?b?l/, /k??m?nd?a?b?l/, /-bl?/

Adjective

commendable

1. commendable, admirable
2. (rare) praised

Descendants

• English: commendable

References

• “com(m)end?ble, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2020-01-31.