English
intercommunalismintercommunalism
From inter- + communal + -ism.
Formed from inter- + communal + -ism
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’
Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér ‘between’
Proto-Italic *n̥ter ‘between’
Latin inter ‘between’
English inter-
Proto-Indo-European *mey- ‘to attach, bind, strengthen’
…
Old Latin comoinis
Latin commūnis
Late Latin commūnālis
French communal ‘commune’
English communal
Today it means
noun A political philosophy which holds that nations have been reduced to a series of discrete communities; adopted by the Black Panther Party to replace nationalism.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / intercommunalism
Shirt and support for this word