Where does “commonality” come from?
Commonality derives from Middle English comunalte, from Old French comunalté meaning "the common people or body politic," from Medieval Latin commūnālitās, from Latin commūnis meaning "common."
commonality (English): The common people; the commonalty; The joint...
Definitions
- The common people; the commonalty; The joint...
Ancestry of “commonality”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | common | Mutual; shared by more than one; Occurring or... |
| 2 | Middle English | comun | — |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | comun | common |
| 4 | Old French | comun | common |
| 5 | Latin | commūnis | — |
| 6 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 11 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 12 | German | kitt | — |
| 13 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 14 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 15 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |