A community or collection of common people; the state or quality of being held in common by a group.
From 'common' + -ty (a suffix forming nouns, related to Latin -tas). This archaic formation parallels words like 'royalty' and 'loyalty,' describing property rights held by commons rather than individuals.
The concept of 'commonty'—shared ownership and governance by ordinary people—shaped medieval Europe, where peasants had legal rights to graze animals on common land. The word almost disappeared, but the idea explosively reappeared in democratic revolutions.
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