Where does “postcommunist” come from?
I need to stop and flag an issue: the provided etymological chain doesn't support the headword "postcommunist."
The chain given traces: communist ← communiste ← poste ← postis ← pósti ← pós
This chain is about "post" (as in position/post), not "communist." The prefix "post-" in "postcommunist" would derive from Latin "postis/poste," but "communist" itself comes from French "communiste," which is absent from this chain's explanation of how "post-" developed.
I cannot write an accurate one-sentence origin for "postcommunist" using only this chain, because the chain doesn't explain the "communist" component—it only traces "post-."
**Could you clarify:**
- Should the headword be "post" instead of "postcommunist"?
- Or should the chain include the etymology of "communist
postcommunist (English): After communism; A person who holds power in...
Definitions
- After communism; A person who holds power in...
Ancestry of “postcommunist”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | Communist | A member of a Communist party; A person who... |
| 2 | French | communiste | communist; Communist |
| 3 | French | commun | common; communal |
| 4 | Italian | commune | Obsolete form of comune |
| 5 | Latin | commūnis | — |
| 6 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | — |
| 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 | — |
| 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,... |