Where does “Commie” come from?
Commie (English) comes from English Commodore, from Dutch kommandeur, from Middle French commandeur, from Latin commendāre, from Latin com-, from Latin con-, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
Commie (English): A Communist; Communist; A Commodore computer
Definitions
- A Communist; Communist; A Commodore computer
Ancestry of “Commie”, step by step
Commie traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Commodore
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Commodore | name of a car model |
| 2 | Dutch | kommandeur | — |
| 3 | Middle French | commandeur | — |
| 4 | Latin | commendāre | — |
| 5 | Latin | com- | allomorph of con- |
| 6 | Latin | con- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing... |
| 7 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 8 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 12 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 13 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 14 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 15 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 16 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via English Communist
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Communist | A member of a Communist party; A person who... |
| 2 | French | communiste | communist; Communist |
| 3 | French | commun | common; communal |
| 4 | Italian | commune | Obsolete form of comune |
| 5 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 6 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | mey- | to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange |