Where does “communalism” come from?
Communalism derives from English communal, from French communal, from Latin communis meaning shared or common, formed from Proto-Indo-European ḱóm meaning together.
communalism (English): The communal ownership of property; Any social...
Definitions
- The communal ownership of property; Any social...
Ancestry of “communalism”, step by step
communalism traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English communal
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | communal | pertaining to a community; shared by a community;... |
| 2 | French | communal | of or relating to a commune |
| 3 | Late Latin | communalis | communal; belonging to the community |
| 4 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 5 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 10 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 11 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 12 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 13 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 14 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via English ism
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ism | An ideology, system of thought, or practice that... |
| 2 | English | -ism | Used to form nouns of action or process or result... |
| 3 | Latin | -ismus | -ism |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -ισμός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -μός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -mós | Creates action/result nouns from verb stems |