A commote (Welsh cwmwd, plural cymydau, less frequently cymydoedd), sometimes spelt in older documents as cymwd, was a secular division of land in Medieval Wales. The word derives from the prefix cym- (`together`, `with`) and the noun bod (`home, abode`). The English word `commote` is derived from the Middle Welsh cymwt. ==Medieval Welsh l... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commote
(from the article `Wales`) ...In the sphere of royal administration the cantref, by a process probably already well advanced on the eve of the first Norman invasions, was ... Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/c/119
Com·mote' transitive verb [ See Commove .] To commove; to disturb; to stir up. [ R.] « Society being more or less commoted and made uncomfortable. Hawthorne. » Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/118