comun wele
Middle English
Alternative forms
- comen wele, commen wele, comon wele, commone wele, comune wele, comune welle, comyn wele, comyne wele
Etymology
From comun (“shared, universal”) + wele (“wellbeing”); compare Latin rēs publica.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔˌmiu̯n ˈwɛːl(ə)/
- (with reduction) IPA(key): /ˌkɔmun ˈwɛːl(ə)/, /ˌkɔmən ˈwɛːl(ə)/
Phrase
comun wele (Late Middle English)
Descendants
- English: commonweal
References
- “commū̆n(e wēle, phr.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.