communicate (v.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict[communicate 词源字典]
1520s, "to impart" (information, etc.), from Latin communicatus, past participle of communicare "impart, inform" (see communication). Meaning "to share, transmit" (diseases, etc.) is from 1530s. Related: Communicated; communicating.[communicate etymology, communicate origin, 英语词源]