Etymology

communion

com·mu·nion
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Today it means: A joining together of minds or spirits; a mental connection. Full definition →

Middle English comunioun ← Anglo-Norman comunion ← Middle French communion
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromcommūnis
  2. Ecclesiastical Latin · derived fromcommūniō“communion”
  3. Middle French · derived fromcommunion
  4. Anglo-Norman · derived fromcomunion
  5. Middle English · inherited fromcomunioun
  6. English todaycommunion

From Middle English comunioun, communyoun, from Anglo-Norman comunion or Middle French communion, from Ecclesiastical Latin commūniō (“communion”), from Latin commūnis.

Words from the same roots

Latincommūnis all →

commoncommunal

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