Condominium
/ˌkɒn.dəˈmɪn.i.əm/noun
A building or complex of individually owned units with shared common areas.
Did you know?Condominium comes from Latin roots meaning “shared dominion,” and in Roman law a *condominium* was literally joint sovereignty over the same property—part ownership, part power struggle.
Etymological Timeline
Latin
Latin
con- + dominium
“shared dominion or joint ownership”
Medieval Latin
Latin
condominium
“joint rule or joint ownership of property”
17th–18th Century
English
condominium
“a territory or property under joint sovereignty”
20th Century
English
condominium
“a building or complex with individually owned units and shared common property”