释义 |
com- prefix or col- or con- or cor- \in words having the stress pattern seen in “complain”, “collect”, “congratulation”, “correct” ä rather than ə is sometimes the vowel in these prefixes, and ŋ rather than n is especially in Brit speech sometimes the second consonant in con- words before a syllable beginning with a g or k sound, as in “congratulate”, “conclude”; the ä and ŋ variants have usually not been shown at individual entries\ Etymology: com- from Middle English, from Old French, from Latin; col- from Middle English, from Latin, from com-; con- from Middle English, from Old English (in consolde comfrey), from Old French, from Latin, from com-; cor- from Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin, from com- — more at co- : with : together : jointly — usually com- before b < comburgess > and p < companion > or m < commingle > col- before l < collingual > cor- before r < correlation > and con- before other sounds < concyclic > |