English
communion
Communion comes from Middle English comunioun ‘The Eucharist’.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500comunioun‘The Eucharist’
- Englishearliest quotation 1816communion
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500comunioun‘The Eucharist’
- Englishearliest quotation 1816communion
Earliest quotation: 1816, – 1817 April/May, The Modern Prometheus. […]: “My vices are the children of a forced solitude…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *mey- ‘to change’
mean, met, minute, minister, minor, mess, meal, ministry, min, menu, commission, missile, mere, mutual, minus, compromise, dismiss, premise, commit, mole, immune, mayhem, noodle, intermittent, moor, municipality, mural, immunity, ammo, mite, ammunition, omit, minstrel, remuneration, monolith, mitra, mitre, mitosis, meiosis, missive, 75 more
through Old Latin co(m)moinis
through Latin commūnis ‘common, commonplace, ordinary, general,…’
Today it means
noun A joining together of minds or spirits; a mental connection.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English comunioun / communion