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==Etymology== The word "commensalism" is derived from the word "commensal", meaning "eating at the same table" in human social interaction, which in turn comes through [[French language|French]] from the [[Medieval Latin]] ''commensalis'', meaning "sharing a table", from the prefix ''[[wikt:com-#Latin|com-]]'', meaning "together", and ''[[wikt:mensa#Latin|mensa]]'', meaning "table" or "meal".<ref>{{OEtymD|commensalism}}</ref> Commensality, at the Universities of [[University of Oxford|Oxford]] and [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge]], refers to professors eating at the same table as students (as they live in the same "college").{{cn|date=June 2024}} The Belgian [[Zoology|zoologist]] and [[Paleontology|paleontologist]] [[Pierre-Joseph van Beneden]] introduced the term "commensalism" in 1876.<ref>{{cite book |series=International scientific series |volume=19 |doi=10.5962/bhl.title.132633 |last=van Beneden |first=Pierre-Joseph |year=1876 |title=Animal parasites and messmates |location=London |publisher=Henry S. King |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/132633#/summary }}</ref>
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