COM-: the Latin prefix meaning “with, together”
COM- comes from Latin and means “with, together”. You can see it in accompany, combat and combustion. WordPith uses it in 52 words.
- Meaning
- with, together
- Origin
- Latin
- Type
- Prefix
- Word lists
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Words built from COM-
accompany
To go along with
combat
Fighting
combustion
Burning
comfort
Ease; or to console someone
command
An order, or the authority to give one
commemorate
To keep in mind together
commencement
A beginning; in America, a graduation
commend
To praise formally, or to entrust
commerce
Trade, taken as a whole
commission
A sending with authority, or the body sent
commit
To pledge yourself; or to carry out an act
common
Shared by many; or ordinary
commotion
A disturbance: a moving together
commute
To exchange one thing for another; and so, to travel to work
commuter
Someone who travels to work each day
compact
Packed tightly into a small space
companion
Someone you spend time with
compassion
Feeling with someone in their trouble
compatibility
How well two things work together
compatible
Able to exist together without trouble
compel
To drive someone to do something
compensate
To make up for a loss
compete
To try to win against others
competence
The ability to do a job properly
competent
Able enough for the task
compilation
A collection gathered from many sources
compile
To put together from many sources
complacency
Being so pleased with things that you stop looking
complement
What fills a thing out and makes it whole
complete
Whole, with nothing missing
complex
Made of many connected parts
complication
A folding together that makes things harder
comply
To do as you are asked
component
A part placed with others to make a whole
compose
To make up, or to write music
composure
Calm self-control
comprehend
To understand fully
comprehensive
Taking everything in
compress
To squeeze into less space
compulsion
Being driven, by force or by need
More words with COM-: compulsory, computation, compute, decomposition, commandeer, commemoration, commensurate, compendium, complacent, compliance, compunction, comportment.
Quick check
1. Which word means: Someone who travels to work each day?
It's commuter: COM + MUT + ER.
2. Which word means: A folding together that makes things harder?
It's complication: COM + PLIC + ATION.
3. Which word means: Fighting?
It's combat: COM + BAT.
Roots that pair with COM-
- -ION act, result
- -ATION process of
- -ATE make, do; having; an office
- -MENT the act or result of
- PET seek, strive for
- -ENT one that, a thing that
- MAND order, entrust
- POS place, put
- PUT think, reckon, prune
- AC- to, toward
- MISS send, let go
- MUT change
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