comun wele

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === comen wele, commen wele, comon wele, commone wele, comune wele, comune welle, comyn wele, comyne wele === Etymology === From comun (“shared, universal”) +‎ wele (“wellbeing”); compare Latin rēs publica. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kɔˌmiu̯n ˈwɛːl(ə)/ (with reduction) IPA(key): /ˌkɔmun ˈwɛːl(ə)/, /ˌkɔmən ˈwɛːl(ə)/ === Phrase === comun wele (Late Middle English) The common good or general interest of a people or nation. A polity or the people subject to it. ==== Descendants ==== English: commonweal ==== References ==== “commū̆n(e wēle, phr.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.