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Where does “excommunicate” come from?

Excommunicate comes from Latin excommunicatus, past participle of excommunico, combining ex- with communis meaning shared or common, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ḱóm.

excommunicate (English): Excommunicated; A person so excluded; To...

Definitions

  1. Excommunicated; A person so excluded; To...

Ancestry of “excommunicate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinexcommunicātus—

Words derived from “excommunicate”

  • excommunicative
  • excommunicateth
  • excommunicator
  • excommunicatest
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