Etymology of the English word commute
the English word
commutederived from the Latin word
commutare (change; alter wholly, rearrange)
derived from the Latin word
mutare (move, change, shift)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*mei-using the Latin prefix
con- (together)
derived from the Latin prefix
com-derived from the Latin word
cum (with)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*kom (near, with, together)
Date
The earliest known usage of commute in English dates from the 17th century.
Derivations in English
telecommute,
commuter,
commutative,
commuted,
commutingCognates
Italian
commutareUsage
Word found in Modern English
