English
communitas
Communitas comes from Latin commūnitās ‘a community’, from commūnis ‘common, public’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mey- ‘to attach, bind, strengthen’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*mey-‘to attach, bind, strengthen’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱom-moy-ni-sreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kommoinis‘common’reconstructed
- Old Latinc. 700–75 BCEcomoinis
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcommūnis‘common, public’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcommūnitās‘a community’
- Englishearliest quotation 1986communitas
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*mey-‘to attach, bind, strengthen’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱom-moy-ni-sreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kommoinis‘common’reconstructed
- Old Latinc. 700–75 BCEcomoinis
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcommūnis‘common, public’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcommūnitās‘a community’
- Englishearliest quotation 1986communitas
Earliest quotation: 1986, Victor W. Turner, The Anthropology of Experience: “A sense of harmony with the universe is made…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *mey- ‘to attach, bind, strengthen’
mean, met, minute, minister, minor, mess, commission, meal, ministry, min, menu, missile, mere, mutual, minus, compromise, dismiss, premise, mole, commit, immune, mayhem, noodle, moor, mural, ammo, intermittent, ammunition, municipality, immunity, remuneration, mite, minstrel, omit, monolith, meiosis, mitra, mitosis, mitre, missive, 75 more
through Proto-Italic *kommoinis ‘common’
through Latin commūnis ‘common, public’
Today it means
noun An unstructured community of common experience.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *mey- / communitas