Where does “communism” come from?
Communism derives from German Kommunismus, from French communisme, formed with the French suffix -isme added to a root from Proto-Indo-European ḱóm, meaning "together."
communism (English): Any political ideology or philosophy advocating...
Definitions
- Any political ideology or philosophy advocating...
Ancestry of “communism”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Kommunismus | communism, Communism |
| 2 | French | communisme | Any collectivism; The Marxist ideology communism |
| 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 | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 11 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 12 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 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,... |