commonweal
/ˌkɒmənˈwiːl/
构词拆解
词源链
- 英语English
commonweal
词源说明
From Middle English comun wele, commen wele, comune wele, equivalent to common (“public”) + weal (“well-being”). By the 1520s used by some authors as the equivalent of res publica (republic), alongside commonwealth from about the same time.
释义
名词noun
- 1archaicThe common good; public wellbeing or prosperity.
- 2The body politic; republic.