Meaning
Mutual; shared by more than one.
Etymology
Origin: Old English
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey- Proto-Indo-European *ḱom-moy-ni-s Proto-Italic *kommoinis Old Latin comoinis Latin commūnis Anglo-Norman comunbor. Middle English comun English common From Middle English comun, from Anglo-Norman comun, from Old French comun (rare in the Gallo-Romance languages, but reinforced as a Carolingian calque of Proto-West Germanic *gamainī (“common”) in Old French), from Latin commūnis (“common, public, general”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱom-moy-ni-s (“held in common”), from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“to exchange, change”). Displaced native Middle English imene, ȝemǣne (“common, general, universal”) (from Old English ġemǣne (“common, universal”)), Middle English mene, mǣne (“mean, common”) (also from Old English ġemǣne (“common, universal”)), Middle English samen, somen (“in common, together”) (from Old English samen (“together”)). Doublet of gmina and mean.
Synonyms & Antonyms
Antonyms
NYT Puzzle Appearances
Accepted in 17 recorded puzzles:
- 2026-05-12CABMNOT
- 2026-03-10MARNCOT
- 2026-02-21MACINOT
- 2025-11-13OANMDIC
- 2025-10-03NCDIMOU
- 2025-08-22CFOMINR
- 2025-05-07NCOLIMT
- 2025-01-03MYOCNRA
- 2024-12-19OCMHGIN
- 2024-08-24CAOMINP
- 2024-07-12MCDINOU
- 2024-06-17NCPMODU
+5 earlier appearances in the archive.