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English
Etymology
From Latin com (“with”), an archaic form of cum (“with”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌkəm/, /ˈkʌm/, /ˌkɑːm/, /ˈkɒm/
Prefix
com-
- The form of con- used before b, m, and p
Synonyms
Anagrams
Latin
Prefix
com-
- allomorph of con-
Usage notes
Used before b, p, and m, and rarely before vowels.
References
- “com-”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
Middle English
Prefix
com-
- Alternative form of con-
Usage notes
- This form of con- is used before labials (p, b, and m).
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *kom-.
Pronunciation
Prefix
com- (pretonic con-) (abbreviated ɔ)
- with, con-, co-
- augment used instead of ro- in compounds of orcaid and a few other verbs
- as·ren (“pays off”) + com- → as·comren (“has paid off”)
- fris·ort (“he/she offended”) + com- → fris·comart (“he/she has offended”) (forms of fris·oirc (“to offend”))
Derived terms
Descendants
Mutation
Mutation of com-
radical |
lenition |
nasalization
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com-
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chom-
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com- pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
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