Etymology

cum

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Today it means: Used in indicating a thing or person which has two or more roles, functions, or natures, or which has changed from one to another. Full definition →

Latin cum ← Old Latin com ← Proto-Italic *kom
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cum · preposition1

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kom
  4. Old Latincom
  5. Latincum
  6. English todaycum

Learned borrowing from Latin cum.

cum · noun, verb2

  1. Proto-Indo-European*gʷem-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*gʷémt
  3. Proto-Germanic*kwemaną
  4. Proto-West Germanic*kweman
  5. Old Englishcuman
  6. Middle Englishcomen
  7. Englishcome
  8. English todaycum

Variant of come, attested (in the basic sense "come, move from further to nearer, arrive") since Old English. The sexual sense of come is attested since the 1650s. In this sense and spelling, attested from 1970s.

CUM · proper noun3

An acronym of Canada, United States, and Mexico; sequenced north to south and humorously made to spell out "cum."

Words from the same roots

Latincum all →

c̄Chorlton-cum-Hardycum laude

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