Etymology

intercommunal

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Today it means: Between communities or communes. Full definition →

English communal ← French communa ← Late Latin commūnāli
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁n̥tér
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥ter
  4. Latininter
  5. Latininter-
  6. Englishinter-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*mey-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*ḱom-moy-ni-s
  9. Proto-Italic*kommoinis
  10. Old Latincomoinis
  11. Latincommūnis
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  14. Late Latincommūnāli
  15. Frenchcommuna
  16. Englishcommunal
  17. English todayintercommunal

From inter- + communal.

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