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

  1. After communism; A person who holds power in...

Ancestry of “postcommunist”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishCommunistA member of a Communist party; A person who...
2Frenchcommunistecommunist; Communist
3Frenchcommuncommon; communal
4ItaliancommuneObsolete form of comune
5Latincommūniscommon, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together
6Old Latincom(m)oinis
7Proto-Italickommoiniscommon
8Proto-Indo-Europeanḱom-moy-ni-held in common
9Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
10Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
11Middle Englishkyt
12Germankittputty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes
13Old High Germankuti
14Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
15Proto-Germanickweduzresin
16Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak
17Proto-Indo-Europeangū-to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
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