municipal English · revision 6575

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=c. 1540|origins=la munus, la capio}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /mjuˈnɪsɪpəl/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|frm|municipal]] or directly [[bor|la|mūnicipālis|t=of a citizen of a free town]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) from [[m|la|mūniceps|t=citizen of a municipium]], from [[m|la|mūnus|t=duty, office, service]] and the combining form of [[m|la|capio|alt=capere|t=to take, assume]].^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) A municipium was a Roman town whose citizens had Roman citizenship but were governed by their own laws.^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Of the internal affairs of a state, as distinct from its foreign relations: about 1540, a sense now obsolete.^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989)^(Hoad 1986)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Of the local self-government of a city or town is from 1600,^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989) the 1540s in Etymonline.^(Etymonline) In Roman history, of a municipium, and hence provincial, is from 1618.^(OED 1989) The ''municipal borough'' is from 1868.^(OED 1989) [[municipality|alt=Municipality]] is from 1790, from French municipalité.^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1540 – of a state's internal affairs.^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1600 – of a town's government.^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1790 – municipality.^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Of or relating to a town or city or its local [[government]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[municipally]]

+ * [[municipality]]

+ * [[intermunicipal]]

+ * [[municipalism]]

+ * [[municipalize]]

+ * [[nonmunicipal]]

+ * [[premunicipal]]

+ * [[municipal corporation]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[munificent]]

+ * [[remunerate]]

+ * [[remuneration]]

+ * [[common]]

+ * [[capture]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}