ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWord partsPrefixescon/com/col/cor/co
PrefixLatin
con/com/col/cor/co
together, with
Latin cum meant with; its prefix changed shape: people concur by running together, collaborate by working together, and compassionate people suffer with others.
Words built from it
- compel — to force someone to do something
com- (thoroughly) + pel (drive, from pellere) - concur — to agree, or to happen at the same time
con- (together) + cur (run, from currere) - confide — to share a secret trustingly
con- (together, fully) + fide (trust, from fidere) - congenial — pleasant and friendly; suited to one's nature
con- (with) + genial (of the same nature, from genius) - collaborate — to work together with others
col- (together) + labor (work) - compassionate — feeling deep sympathy for others' suffering
com- (with) + passion (suffering, from pati) - coalesce — to come together into one whole
co- (together; form of con-) + alesce (grow) - corroborate — to support a claim with additional evidence
cor- (together; form of con-) + robor (strength) + -ate (make)
Looks like it, but is not
- colossal — Contains col, but comes from Greek kolossos, a huge statue; the col- here is not the assimilated form of con- (together).
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