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Where does “intermunicipality” come from?

intermunicipality (English) comes from English intermunicipal, from English municipal, from French municipal, from Latin mūnicipālis, from Latin mūnicipium, from Latin mūniceps, from Latin -ceps, from Old Latin -cipes — to seize, hold.

intermunicipality (English): An area administered jointly by two...

Definitions

  1. An area administered jointly by two...

Ancestry of “intermunicipality”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishintermunicipalBetween municipalities
2EnglishmunicipalOf or pertaining to a municipality; Of or...
3Frenchmunicipalmunicipal
4Latinmūnicipālis—
5Latinmūnicipium—
6Latinmūniceps—
7Latin-ceps-headed; -fold; -catcher
8Old Latin-cipes"third declension"; Alternative form of -ceps;...
9Proto-Italic-kaputis-headed
10Proto-Italickaputhead
11Proto-Indo-Europeankáputhead
12Proto-Indo-Europeankap-to seize, hold
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