Etymology of the French word communisme
the French word
communismederived from the Old French word
communderived from the Latin word
communis (common, joint, public; neutral; impartial; applicable on either side; ordinary; sociable, courteous obliging; shared, possessed, used by two)
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)
derived from the Latin word
munus (service; duty, office)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*mei-Date
The earliest known usage of communisme in French dates from the 19th century.
Derivations in French
anticommunisme,
communiser,
cryptocommunisme,
eurocommunisme,
postcommunismeDerivations in other languages
English
communism, Italian
comunismo, Romanian
comunismCognates
Dutch
communisme, English
communism, German
Kommunismus, Icelandic
kommúnismi, Norwegian
kommunisme, Swedish
kommunism
