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common

/ˈkɒmən/KO-muhn
/ˈkɑmən/KAH-muhn

Meaningcommon, general

Common meaning: shared

Other meanings: usual

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√MU‘bind, close, shut up, enclose’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 275, p. 740 · scan
  2. Latincommunis‘common, general’source
  3. Middle Englishcommunsource
  4. Englishcommon‘shared’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin communis ‘common, general’.

Roots

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