English
municipium
Municipium comes from Latin municipium ‘municipality, town’, and goes back to mūniceps ‘citizen’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmūniceps‘citizen’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmunicipium‘municipality, town’
- 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’
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *mey- ‘to change, swap’
mean, common, met, minute, community, commission, minister, minor, mess, meal, ministry, min, commit, menu, communication, compromise, missile, mere, mutual, minus, communist, dismiss, premise, communicate, mole, ammunition, ammo, mayhem, noodle, intermittent, communal, communism, moor, mural, communion, mite, omit, commune, monolith, minstrel, 76 more
through Proto-Indo-European *moy-nós
Today it means
noun An ancient Roman town or city.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin mūniceps / municipium