com-, col-, con-, cor-, co- ham- (#), han- (#), hâ- (#), ha- (#) Fr.: com-, col-, con-, cor-, co- Prefix denoting “together; with; joint; jointly”. It is sometimes used for intensification as in complete, complain, convince. Etymology (EN): M.E., from O.L., classical L. form cum “together, together with,” Gk. koinos “common,” from PIE *kom- “beside, near, by, with.” Etymology (PE): Ham- and ham “together, with; same, equally, even,”
Mid.Pers. ham-, like L. com- and Gk. syn- with neither of
which it is cognate. O.Pers./Av.
ham-, Skt. sam-, sa-; also O.Pers./Av. hama-
“one and the same,” Skt. sama-, Gk. homos-; |