Where does “Comintern” come from?
Comintern comes from Russian Коммуни́сти́ческий Интернациона́л, a compound of Russian коммунисти́ческий meaning communist.
Comintern (English): An international association of Communist parties, established in 1919 by Vladimir Lenin and dissolved in 1943
Definitions
- An international association of Communist parties, established in 1919 by Vladimir Lenin and dissolved in 1943
Ancestry of “Comintern”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | Коминте́рн | Comintern |
| 2 | Russian | коммунисти́ческий | communist |
| 3 | Russian | коммуни́ст | communist |
| 4 | French | communiste | communist; Communist |
| 5 | French | commun | common; communal |
| 6 | Italian | commune | Obsolete form of comune |
| 7 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 8 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 13 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 14 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 15 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 16 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 17 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 19 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |