Etymology — The Origins of English Words

From Latin comparandum, gerundive (neuter singular) of comparō.

Latin corpus (“body”) + sanctum (“holy”)

From Middle English coumbe, cumbe, from Old English cumb, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kumbaz; compare Dutch kom (“bowl, basin”), German Kump (“vessel”). Related to Welsh cwm (“a hollow valley”), Ancient Greek κύμβη (kúmbē, “hollow”), Sanskrit कुम्भ (kumbha, “a pot, jug”), etc. through Proto-Indo-European *ḱumbʰ-.

From co- + sexual.

Blend of copyright + fight.

From compassion + -less.

From Latin conciliātor. By surface analysis, conciliate + -or.

Borrowed from Middle French convoquer, from Latin convocare, from con- (“with”) + vocō (“to call”). Doublet of convocate.

From contemplation + -al.

From contra- + -plex.

From Latin cōnsociātus, past participle of cōnsociō (“to associate, unite”).

From combine + -atory.

Blend of confuse + puzzle. Compare befuzzle.

From contraband + -er.

Borrowed from French contractant (“contracting”), the present participle of contracter (“to contract”). First attested in 1721. By surface analysis, contract + -ant.

The adjective is first attested circa 1425, in Middle English, the verb in 1541; inherited from Middle English constipat(e) (“constipated”), borrowed Medieval Latin cōnstīpātus (“constipated”) (or through its Old French equivalent constipé), perfect passive participle of Medieval Latin cōnstīpō (“to cause constipation, to constipate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from Classical Latin cōnstīpō (“to crowd or press tightly together”) (whence obsoleted sense 2 and 3), itself from con- + stīpō (“to press, cram”). Cognate with Middle English constipen (“to constipate”) and doublet of costive; related to stiff.

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κοῖος (Koîos, “Coeus”).

From Middle English costful, equivalent to cost + -ful. Perhaps influenced by Middle English costful (“fraught with hardship”), a different word.

From contract + -able.

From complexion + -al.

From scientific Latin cormus, from Ancient Greek κορμός (kormós, “trunk stripped of its boughs”).

From corn + meal.

From contemporary + -ize.

From Latin conjunctus, the perfect past participle of conjungō. Doublet of conjoint. See conjoin.