Kommunikation

lat. commūnicātio ⇒ Kommunikatio– + –n, Kommunikat– + –ion

kommuni (lat. commūni) + k + ation (lat. catio)| Verständigung durch die Verwendung von Zeichen undoder Sprache; Verwendung von Kommunikationsmittel; ‘Mitteilung’;

¦⊕¦ beabsichtigt Meinungen, von einer Person undoder Gruppe zu einer anderen Person undoder Gruppe über, mit oder durch ein gemeinsam verstandenes System aus Zeichen und deren Regeln, oder gemeinsame Sprache zu übertragen oder zu übermitteln;

¦⊗¦ ‘Mitteilung, Unterredung’ (16. Jh.); ‘Verständigung (durch sprachliche Mittel), Informationsaustausch’ (20. Jh.);

¦√¦ *mey- “wandeln, wechseln, austauschen, unter seinen teilen, aufteilen, mitteilen”; uig. *mein-, *moin- ‘Meinung, Absicht, meinen’;verwand mit air. mīan ‘Wunsch, Verlangen’;

¦↵¦ aus lat. commūnicātio (Genitiv commūnicātiōnis) ‘Mitteilung’;

Communication (from Latin commūnicāre, meaning "to share") is the act of conveying intended meanings from one entity or group to another through the use of mutually understood signs and semiotic rules.

"Als Kommunikation bezeichnen wir die intentionale Übertragung von Information mittels eines bestehenden Zeichensystems."

Latin

Alternative forms

• moenus

Etymology

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:

• 8th C. C.E., Paulus Diaconus (author), Karl Otfried Müller (editor), Excerpta ex libris Pompeii Festi De significatione verborum (1839), page 140, line 12:Mūnus sīgnificat officium, cum dīcitur quis mūnere fungī. Item dōnum quod officiī causā datur.Mūnus means office, when someone is said to perform his office. Also 'gift', since it's given because of the service.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmuː.nus/, [ˈmuː.nʊs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmu.nus/, [ˈmuː.nus]

Noun

mūnus n (genitive mūneris); third declension

1. a service, office, employment [ quotations ▼]
2. a burden, duty, obligation
3. a service, favor
4. a spectacle, public show
5. (in the plural) a public building made at the expense of an individual [ quotations ▼]
6. a gift