cum English · revision 10382

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1589|origins=la cum}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /kʌm/, /kʊm/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|la|cum|t=with]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989)^(MWU 2024) related to the prefix [[com-]],^(Barnhart 1988) abstracted from Latin phrases such as cum privilegio, with privilege (1589 in English use).^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ As part of Latin phrases used in English: 1589;^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1988) the SOED records it from late Middle English in the names of combined parishes, such as Chorlton-cum-Hardy.^(SOED 2002)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ As an English preposition joining two nouns, as in ''a kitchen-cum-dining room'', it is from about 1869–71.^(MWU 2024)^(Barnhart 1988) Latin phrases with cum in English include ''cum laude'', with praise, and ''cum grano salis'', with a grain of salt.^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1589 – cum privilegio.^(OED 1989)

+ * c. 1869 – the English preposition.^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Preposition===

+ # Together with; combined with, used between two nouns: ''a bedroom-cum-study''.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[com-]]

+ * [[con-]]

+ * [[cum laude]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ The vulgar slang cum, to ejaculate or semen, is a different word: a variant spelling of [[come]] in its sexual sense, recorded by 1973 and apparently from pornographic writing; it has no connection with the Latin preposition.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}