communal

What it means

1. Pertaining to a community or a commune.
2. Shared by a community; public.
3. IndiaDefined by religious ideas; based on religion.

   communal violence

   1 more example

   communal politics

   Antonyms: secular

In a sentence

communal violence

Where it comes from

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. Englishcommunal

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