English
municipio
Municipio comes from Spanish municipio ‘municipality’, and goes back to Latin mūniceps ‘citizen’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmūniceps‘citizen’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmunicipium‘municipality, town’
- Spanishc. 1500–presentmunicipio‘municipality’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmūniceps‘citizen’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmunicipium‘municipality, town’
- Spanishc. 1500–presentmunicipio‘municipality’
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *mey- ‘to change, swap’
mean, common, met, minute, community, minister, commission, minor, mess, meal, ministry, min, commit, menu, compromise, missile, mere, communication, mutual, minus, communist, dismiss, premise, mole, communicate, ammo, mayhem, noodle, intermittent, communal, communism, moor, ammunition, mural, mite, omit, communion, commune, monolith, minstrel, 76 more
through Proto-Indo-European *moy-nós
Today it means
noun A municipality in various Latin American countries.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin mūniceps / municipio