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==Origin==

==Origin==

[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from [[Latin]] ''commutare'' to [[change]], exchange, from ''com''- + ''mutare'' to change

[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from [[Latin]] ''commutare'' to [[change]], exchange, from ''com''- + ''mutare'' to change

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/15th_century 15th Century]

*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/15th_century 15th Century]

==Definitions==

==Definitions==

''transitive verb''

''transitive verb''

The [[word]] ''commuter'' derives from early days of rail travel in US cities such as New York, Philadelphia, Boston and Chicago, where, in the 1840s, the railways engendered [[suburbs]] from which travellers paying a reduced or 'commuted' fare into the [[city]]. Later, the back formations "commute" and "commuter" were coined therefrom. Commuted tickets would usually allow the traveller to repeat the same [[journey]] as often as they liked during the period of validity: Normally, the longer the period the cheaper the cost per day.

The [[word]] ''commuter'' derives from early days of rail travel in US cities such as New York, Philadelphia, Boston and Chicago, where, in the 1840s, the railways engendered [[suburbs]] from which travellers paying a reduced or 'commuted' fare into the [[city]]. Later, the back formations "commute" and "commuter" were coined therefrom. Commuted tickets would usually allow the traveller to repeat the same [[journey]] as often as they liked during the period of validity: Normally, the longer the period the cheaper the cost per day.

Before the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/19th_century 19th century], most workers lived less than an hour's walk from their [[work]]. Today, many people travel daily to work a long way from their own towns, [[cities]], and villages, especially in [[industrial]]ised societies. Depending on [[factors]] such as the high cost of housing in city centres, lack of public transit, and [[traffic]] congestion, modes of travel may include automobiles, motorcycles, trains, aircraft, buses, and bicycles.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commuting]

Before the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/19th_century 19th century], most workers lived less than an hour's walk from their [[work]]. Today, many people travel daily to work a long way from their own towns, [[cities]], and villages, especially in [[industrial]]ised societies. Depending on [[factors]] such as the high cost of housing in city centres, lack of public transit, and [[traffic]] congestion, modes of travel may include automobiles, motorcycles, trains, aircraft, buses, and bicycles.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commuting]

[[Category: General Reference]]

[[Category: General Reference]]