English

community

/kəˈmjuːnɪ.ti/
A group sharing common characteristics, such as the same language, law, religion, or tradition.

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    Origin

    From Late Middle English communite, borrowed from Old French communité, comunité, comunete (modern French communauté), from Classical Latin commūnitās (“community; public spirit”), from commūn(is) (“common, ordinary; of or for the community, public”) + -itās. By surface analysis, commun(e) + -ity. Displaced native Old English ġemǣnsċipe. Doublet of communitas.

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    • rootProto-Indo-European*mey- (change)
    • inheritedMiddle Englishcommunite
      • derivedOld Frenchcommunité
        • derivedLatincommūnitās “community; public spirit”

    Related: English communitas (doublet), French communauté

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