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(Inglese)

(declension-3) a service, office, employment
(declension-3) a burden, duty, obligation
(declension-3) a service, favor
(declension-3) a spectacle, public show
(declension-3, in-plural) a public building made at the expense of an individual
(declension-3) a gift

Pronunciato come (IPA)

[ˈmuː.nʊs]

From Proto-Italic *moinos. Like mūnia (“duties”), it is derived from Proto-Indo-European *moy-nós, from *mey- (“change, swap”). As is the case with such derivatives as "municipality", and "immunity", the concept of trading goods and services in a way that conforms to a society's laws is quite pertinent to this term. From the addition of the "com-" prefix came commūnis (“common, public”), which is cognate to Proto-Germanic *gamainiz (“shared, communal, public”). The semantic shift to 'gift' is explained by Sextus Pompeius Festus thus: *