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commonship

noun

Etymology

From common + -ship. Compare North Frisian gemiinschap (“community”), Saterland Frisian Gemeenskup (“community”), West Frisian mienskip (“community”), Dutch gemeenschap (“community, fellowship”), German Gemeinschaft (“community, fellowship”), Swedish gemenskap (“community, fellowship”).

  1. derived from *mey-✻
  2. derived from commūnis
  3. derived from comun
  4. derived from comun
  5. inherited from comun
  6. suffixed as commonship — “common + ship”

Definitions

  1. A state, condition, or things shared or held in common

    A state, condition, or things shared or held in common; commonality.

    • The two languages develope in different directions but the old commonship is still discernible.

  2. A community or fellowship.

    • There was even a commonship between the mine operators and the men at one time, before the Great Depression.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA