commonalty

The story

1. Latin · derived fromcommūnitās
2. Old French · derived fromcomunalté
3. Middle English · inherited fromcomunalte
4. English todaycommonalty

From Middle English comunalte, communalte, from Old French comunalté, comunauté (modern communauté), probably from an alteration of communité, from Latin commūnitās. Some senses are influenced by commonality.

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