con-

Forms

con- ^[1]

Etymology

It is from Latin com-, in the form the prefix takes before most consonants (/t/, /d/, /n/, /s/, /f/, /w/, /j/), and, pronounced [koŋ-], before /k/, /kʷ/ and /g/.^[2][3] The OLD files the prefix under this form, deriving it from cum “with”, and notes that ⟨com-⟩ was the original form.^[3] Wiktionary traces it to Proto-Italic *kom-.^[1]

Semantic evolution

Varro and Quintilian already discuss it as a separate element: Varro explains comminīscī “devise” as ā con et mente, and Quintilian takes ⟨co-⟩ in coit as the preposition con.^[3]

Meanings

Prefix

1. together, at the same time or place: conveniō, cōnsessor.^[3][1]
2. Jointly; in partnership: concors, commīlitō.^[3]
3. Enclosing: concavus, contineō.^[3]
4. (intensive) Strongly: contueor, cōnītor.^[3][1]
5. Completely: cōnficiō, compleō.^[3][1]

Word family

• conveniō
• concurrō
• condō
• cōnferō
• coniungō
• cōnficiō
• concipiō
• contineō
• concors
• cōnstō

Related words

• com-
• co-
• cum

References

1. ^ a b c d e f g Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ de Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages, Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 7, Leiden; Boston: Brill
3. ^ a b c d e f g h Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press