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communis.

common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together

8 characters3 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

adj[kɔmˈmuː.nɪs]Classical-Latin[komˈmuː.nis]
  1. common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together

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  2. of or for the community, public

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  3. democratic; representing the common sentiment

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  4. familiar, accessible, courteous

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  5. having both qualities of a subdivided category, such as a verb with both an active and a passive meaning, or a syllable being either long or short.

    declension-3 · two-termination
Where this word comes from

From Old Latin co(m)moinis, from Proto-Italic *kommoinis, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱom-moy-ni-s, from *mey- (“to change”). By surface analysis, com- + mūnis. Cognate with Proto-Germanic *gamainiz (“shared, communal; common”), related to immūnis, mūnia, mūnis, mūnus (compare Proto-Italic *moinos (“service”)).

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