Word origin
[1540–50; ‹ L
conscrībere to enroll, enlist, equiv. to
con- con- +
scrībere to write
]This word is first recorded in the period 1540–50. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: cabinet, gondola, horizon, labyrinth, vacuumcon- is a prefix meaning “with,” “together,” “in association,” and (with intensive force)“completely”. Other words that use the affix con- include: conglomerate, contact, content, contract, convert