Etymology

con-

Today it means: Unite: to unite into a collection indicated by the root word. Full definition →

Middle English con- ← Latin con- ← Proto-Italic *kom-
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con- · prefix1

  1. Old Frenchcon-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  4. Proto-Italic*kom
  5. Proto-Italic*kom-
  6. Latincon-
  7. Middle Englishcon-
  8. English todaycon-

Inherited from Middle English con-, from Latin con-, from cum (“with”).

con- · prefix2

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kom
  4. Proto-Italic*kom-
  5. Latincon-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*ster-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*sterh₃-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*strew-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*stréweti
  10. Proto-Italic*strowō
  11. Latinstruō
  12. Latincōnstruō
  13. Latincōnstrūctus
  14. Englishconstruct
  15. Englishconstructed
  16. Proto-Indo-European*dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s
  17. Proto-Italic*dn̥ɣwā
  18. Latindingua
  19. Latinlingua
  20. Vulgar Latin*linguāticum
  21. Old Frenchlanguage
  22. Middle Englishlangage
  23. Englishlanguage
  24. Englishconlangbf.
  25. English todaycon-

Back-formation from conlang, short for constructed language.

Words from the same roots

Latincon- all →

comfortcontemporarycollaborationcombineconquerconstellationconvoyconcentricconnotationconurbationcondescendconsiliencecoevalaccoutercondoleconsilientconstultcontourné

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