Etymology

communal

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Today it means: Pertaining to a community or a commune. Full definition →

French communa ← Late Latin commūnāli ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*mey-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱom-moy-ni-s
  3. Proto-Italic*kommoinis
  4. Old Latincomoinis
  5. Latincommūnis
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  8. Late Latincommūnāli
  9. Frenchcommuna
  10. English todaycommunal

Borrowed from French communal, from Late Latin commūnālis, from Latin commūnis. Doublet of cominal.

Words from the same roots

Latincommūnis all →

commoncommunion

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