commonweal
Pronunciation: /ˌkɒmənˈwiːl/
The English word “commonweal” has 2 meanings listed here.
noun
Etymology
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.
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