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commoner

/ˈkɒmənə/KAH-muh-nur
/ˈkɑmənɚ/KAH-muh-nur

Meaningone of the common people

Common meaning: a person without rank

Journey through time

  1. Proto-Indo-European*mu-‘bind, close, shut up, enclose’source
  2. Latincommunis‘common, general’source
  3. Middle Englishcommunsource
  4. Englishcommon‘shared’
  5. Englishformed in English from commoncommoner‘a person without rank’ · 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.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from common + -er.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), COMMON, p.124 · scan

Source words

  • communis Latin · source word “common, general”

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