Etymology

commonality

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Today it means: The joint possession of a set of attributes or characteristics. Full definition →

Middle English comunalite
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commonality · noun1

From common + -ality.

commonality · noun2

  1. Middle English · inherited fromcomunalite
  2. English todaycommonality

Inherited from Middle English comunalite, remodelling of comunalte (modern English commonalty) as if from a putative Medieval Latin *commūnālitās.

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