English
mune
Mune comes from Latin immūnis ‘exempt from public service’, and goes back to 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*moy-nósreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*moinos‘service’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmūnus‘service’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEin- -is
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEimmūnis‘exempt from public service’
- Englishearliest quotation 2003mune
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*mey-‘to attach, bind, strengthen’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*moy-nósreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*moinos‘service’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmūnus‘service’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEin- -is
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEimmūnis‘exempt from public service’
- Englishearliest quotation 2003mune
Earliest quotation: 2003, Gregory Corso, New Directions Publishing: “You know, of course, that the writer of the…”.
The story
Formed under the implication that the word immune was formed in modern English with the prefix im- and another word. The word immune was actually formed from a prefix in Latin immūnis (‘exempt from public service’), from in- (‘not’) + mūnus (‘service’).
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *mey- ‘to attach, bind, strengthen’
mean, common, met, minister, minute, commission, community, ministry, minor, mess, meal, min, communication, commit, menu, compromise, missile, mere, minus, mutual, communist, dismiss, communicate, premise, mole, ammunition, ammo, mayhem, noodle, intermittent, communism, moor, communal, communion, mural, mite, omit, monolith, minstrel, mitra, 76 more
through Latin mūnus ‘service’
municipality, remuneration, 4 more
through Latin in- -is
inform, insomnia, impunity, indemnity, 8 more
through Latin immūnis ‘exempt from public service’
Today it means
adj Not immune; subject or vulnerable to (something).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *mey- / mune