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)

1. Offering up one's good wishes or hopes.
2. Recommending or extolling oneself to another.
3. Sending or consignment to another's care.
4. (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.