com-

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "com"

English

Etymology

From Latin com (“with”), an archaic form of cum (“with”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌkəm/, /ˈkʌm/, /ˌkɑːm/, /ˈkɒm/

Prefix

com-

  1. The form of con- used before b, m, and p

Synonyms

Anagrams

Latin

Prefix

com-

  1. 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-

  1. 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)

  1. with, con-, co-
  2. 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

Old Irish terms prefixed with com-

Descendants

  • Irish: comh-
  • Manx: co-
  • Scottish Gaelic: co-

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
com- chom- com-
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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