Etymograph

English

excommunication

Excommunication comes from Latin excommūnicō ‘to excommunicate’, from commūnicō ‘to impart, share’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mey- ‘to attach, bind, strengthen’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*mey-‘to attach, bind, strengthen’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱom-moy-ni-sreconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kommoinis‘common’reconstructed
  4. Old Latinc. 700–75 BCEcomoinis
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcommūnis
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcommūnicō‘to impart, share’
  7. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexcommūnicō‘to excommunicate’
  8. Late Latinc. 200–600 CEexcommūnicātiō
  9. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500excommunicacion
  10. Englishtodayexcommunication

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*mey-‘to attach, bind, strengthen’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱom-moy-ni-sreconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kommoinis‘common’reconstructed
  4. Old Latinc. 700–75 BCEcomoinis
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcommūnis
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcommūnicō‘to impart, share’
  7. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexcommūnicō‘to excommunicate’
  8. Late Latinc. 200–600 CEexcommūnicātiō
  9. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500excommunicacion
  10. Englishtodayexcommunication

Equivalent to excommunicate + -ion

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ

…

Proto-Italic *eks

Latin ex ‘out of, from’

Ecclesiastical Latin excommunicō

Ecclesiastical Latin excommunicātus

English excommunicate

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *mey- ‘to attach, bind, strengthen’

mean, met, minute, minister, minor, mess, ministry, meal, min, commission, menu, missile, mutual, mere, minus, commit, compromise, dismiss, premise, immune, mole, immunity, mayhem, noodle, intermittent, mural, moor, ammo, municipality, ammunition, mite, omit, minstrel, monolith, remuneration, mitra, mitre, mitosis, meiosis, missive, 67 more

through Proto-Italic *kommoinis ‘common’

commonly, 13 more

through Old Latin comoinis

communistic, 12 more

through Latin commūnis

common, community, communist, communicate, communism, communal, communion, 15 more

through Latin commūnicō ‘to impart, share’

commune, telecommunication, communiqué, 2 more

Today it means

noun The act of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting; especially an ecclesiastical censure whereby the person against whom it is pronounced is, for the time, cast out of the communication of the church; exclusion from fellowship in things spiritual.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *mey- / excommunication

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