| 1 | Middle English | imene | mean, base, common; average, lowly, mean |
| 2 | Old English | ġemǣne | common, public, general, universal; common,... |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | gamainī | common; shared, communal |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | gamainiz | shared, communal, public; common, ordinary |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moynis | — |