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comity

/ˈkəʊmɪti/KOH-mih-tee
/ˈkoʊmɪti/KOH-mih-tee

Meaningcourteous

Common meaning: courtesy between nations

Journey through time

  1. Latincomis‘courteous’source
  2. Latinmeaning shiftscourteous → urbanitycomitatem‘urbanity’source
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsurbanity → courtesy between nationscomity‘courtesy between nations’ · 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 comis ‘courteous’.

Roots

  • comis Latin “courteous”

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