Where does “miscommunication” come from?
Miscommunication is a formation in English combining the prefix mis- with communication, which derives from Latin communicatio, a noun formed from the root communis meaning "common" or "shared," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ko-moin-i.
miscommunication (English): An interaction between two parties in which...
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- An interaction between two parties in which...
Ancestry of “miscommunication”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | communication | The act or fact of communicating anything;... |
| 2 | Latin | commūnicātiō | sharing, imparting |
| 3 | Latin | commūnicō | to impart, share |
| 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,... |