communication

The story

1. Latin · derived fromcommūnicātiōnem
2. Old French · derived fromcommunicacion
3. Middle English · inherited fromcomunicacioun
4. English todaycommunication

Inherited from Middle English comunicacioun, communicacion (“discussion, association”), from Old French communicacion, from Latin commūnicātiōnem, accusative singular of commūnicātiō (“imparting, communicating”), from commūnicō (“to share, to impart”). Morphologically communicate + -ion.