communis
Latin
adj
Definitions
- common, ordinary, commonplace, universal
- of or for the community, public
- democratic; representing the common sentiment
- (of manners) familiar, accessible, courteous
- (grammar) having both qualities of a subdivided category, such as a verb with both an active and a passive meaning, or a syllable being either long or short.
Etymology
Inherited from Old Latin comoinis, co(m)moinis inherited from Proto-Indo-European *ḱom-moy-ni- (held in common).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ḱom-moy-ni-
Gloss
held in common
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- communal English
- communalis Latin
- communia Latin
- communio, communionem Latin
- commūnis Latin
- commūnālis Latin
- munus Latin
- mūnus Latin
- kommunal German
- comunale Italian
- comune Italian
- comunione Italian
- commun French
- communal French
- communalité French
- commune French
- communisme French
- communément French
- intercommunal French
- comunal Spanish, Castilian
- comunión Spanish, Castilian
- *mey- Proto-Indo-European
- *moy-nós Proto-Indo-European
- *moynós Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱom-moy-ni- Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱom-moynis Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱommoynis Proto-Indo-European
- kommunal Norwegian Bokmål
- comunal Portuguese
- comunhão Portuguese
- *gamainiz Proto-Germanic
- gemen Swedish
- gemensam Swedish
- gemenskap Swedish
- komunalny Polish
- komunał Polish
- kommunal Norwegian Nynorsk
- gemæne Old English
- kommunal Danish
- comun Old French
- comunion Old French
- komuna Esperanto
- comunal Catalan, Valencian
- kommúna Icelandic
- kommúnismi Icelandic
- comun Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- gimeini Old High German
- gimeinī Old High German
- commun Norman
- 𐌲𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 Gothic
- *gamainī gmw-pro
- *gimēni Old Dutch
- *gimēnitha Old Dutch
- gemēn Middle Low German
- gimēnitha Old Saxon
- comun Occitan
- *kommoinis Proto-Italic
- *moinos Proto-Italic
- cominal Old Occitan
- comun xno
- comoinis, co(m)moinis Old Latin