Where does “microcommunity” come from?
microcommunity (English) comes from English community, from Middle English communite, from Old French communité, from Latin commūnitās, from Latin commūnis, from Old Latin com(m)oinis, from Proto-Italic kommoinis, from Proto-Indo-European ḱom-moy-ni- — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
microcommunity (English): A very small community
Definitions
- A very small community
Ancestry of “microcommunity”, step by step
microcommunity traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English community
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | community | A group sharing a common understanding, and often... |
| 2 | Middle English | communite | — |
| 3 | Old French | communité | — |
| 4 | Latin | commūnitās | a community |
| 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,... |