English → Latin
“commonalty” in Latin
plēbsplebeians, plebs, common people; populace, population, stock; laity, congregation, parishnōbilisnoble, high-born; distinct, able to be known, famous, celebrated; known, famous; acquainted, familiarvulgusthe common people; the public; throng, crowdmultitūdōA great number; multitude, numerousness.; A great number of people, crowd, mob, throng, multitude.
The English word commonalty itself goes back to Latin commūnis, through commūnitās.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
commonalty
plebs (the common people in opposition partly to populus, partly to patricii, nobiles); also the lower class of the people (in a depreciating sense): vulgus (the common people, the multitude, as distinguished by ignorance, credulity, etc., from the better class of the people): multitudo (the multitude in general).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for commonalty?
- The usual Latin words for “commonalty” are plēbs, nōbilis, vulgus; also multitūdō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.