com-
See also: Appendix:Variations of "com"
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin com (“with”), an archaic form of cum (“with”).
Pronunciation edit
Prefix edit
com-
- The form of con- used before b, m, and p
Synonyms edit
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Prefix edit
com-
- allomorph of con-
Usage notes edit
Used before b, p, and m, and rarely before vowels.
References edit
- “com-”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
Middle English edit
Prefix edit
com-
- Alternative form of con-
Usage notes edit
Old Irish edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Celtic *kom-.
Pronunciation edit
Prefix edit
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 edit
Descendants edit
Mutation edit
Old Irish mutation | ||
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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. |
Further reading edit
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “com-”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language