Etymograph

English

recommendee

From recommend + -ee.

Formed from recommend + -ee

Latin mandō ‘to order, command; to put in hand’

Latin commendō ‘to commend, entrust’

Old French recommender

Middle English recommenden ‘to entrust’

English recommend

Today it means

noun One who is recommended.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “recommendee”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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