commote
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commote¹
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Welsh cwmwd, from Middle Welsh kymhwt (literally “abode together”).
noun commotes · commot · cwmwd
- A secular division of land in mediaeval Wales. Some cantrefi might comprise more than two commotes, for example, and the complement of townships would vary from commote to commote, determined by considerations other than mathematical symmetry.
commote²
Where it comes from
Back-formation from commotion.
verb commotes · commoting · commoted
- To disturb or agitate, to disrupt also in the positive sense, to put into (more) commotion, to stir up, to add to the activity of. It was incidental to the closeness of relationship into which we had brought ourselves that an unfriendly state of feeling could not occur between any two members without the whole society being more or less commoted and made uncomfortable thereby.
Talk about this word "commote." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/commote. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. commote. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/commote "commote." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/commote.Cite this
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title = {commote},
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