Etymograph

English

municipio

Municipio comes from Spanish municipio ‘municipality’, and goes back to Latin mūniceps ‘citizen’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmūniceps1‘citizen’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmunicipium2‘municipality, town’
  3. Spanishc. 1500–presentmunicipio3‘municipality’
  4. Englishtodaymunicipio3

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin municipium
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Spanish municipio
  3. 3 Wiktionary, English municipio

Earlier history uncertain. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmūnicepsWiktionary, Latin municipium‘citizen’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmunicipiumWiktionary, Spanish municipio‘municipality, town’
  3. Spanishc. 1500–presentmunicipioWiktionary, English municipio‘municipality’
  4. EnglishtodaymunicipioWiktionary, English municipio

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *mey- ‘to change, swap’

mean, common, met, minute, community, minister, commission, minor, mess, meal, ministry, min, commit, menu, compromise, missile, mere, communication, mutual, minus, communist, dismiss, premise, mole, communicate, ammo, mayhem, noodle, intermittent, communal, communism, moor, ammunition, mural, mite, omit, communion, commune, monolith, minstrel, 74 more

through Proto-Indo-European *moy-nós

immune, immunity, remuneration, 6 more

Today it means

noun A municipality in various Latin American countries.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “municipio”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Latin municipium, Spanish municipio. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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