Where does “decommunize” come from?
decommunize (English) comes from English communize, from English commune, from Middle English commune, from Old French comune, from Medieval Latin communia, from Latin commūnis, from Old Latin com(m)oinis, from Proto-Italic kommoinis — resin, gum; to say, speak.
decommunize (English): To divest of communism
Ancestry of “decommunize”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | communize | To make something the property of a community; To... |
| 2 | English | commune | A small community, often rural, whose members... |
| 3 | Middle English | commune | — |
| 4 | Old French | comune | — |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | communia | nominative neuter plural of commūnis; accusative... |
| 6 | Latin | commūnis | — |
| 7 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 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 | — |
| 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 |
Words derived from “decommunize”