recommendacioun
Middle English
Alternative forms
- recomendacion, recomendacyon, recomendation, recommendacion, recommendatyon
Etymology
Borrowed from Anglo-Norman recomendacion; equivalent to recommenden + -acioun.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /rɛkumɛnˌdaːsiˈuːn/, /rɛˌkumɛnˈdaːsjun/
Noun
recommendacioun (uncountable)
- Offering up one's good wishes or hopes.
- Recommending or extolling oneself to another.
- Sending or consignment to another's care.
- (rare) A recommendation or endorsement.
Descendants
- English: recommendation
References
- “recom(m)endāciǒun, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2020-02-01.