Where does “communist” come from?
Communist derives from French communiste, a term formed from the French root commun meaning "common" combined with the suffix -iste denoting an adherent of a doctrine or system.
communist (English): Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating...
Definitions
- Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating...
Ancestry of “communist”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | communiste | communist; Communist |
| 2 | French | commun | common; communal |
| 3 | Italian | commune | Obsolete form of comune |
| 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,... |