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cum

Pronunciation: [ˈkũː]

“cum” is a Latin word. Its 8 meanings in English:

preposition

  1. with, along with
  2. at (denoting a point in time with which an action coincides)
  3. -fold (with ordinal number)

conjunction

  1. when; after
  2. because, since
  3. although
  4. [with indicative]
  5. when; while

In Latin

  1. Quando.
  2. Quia (cum causale + coniunctivus)
  3. cum X tum Y — vel X vel Y, ut X, tamen Y

Etymology

From Old Latin com, from Proto-Italic *kom, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (“next to, at, with, along”). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *ga- (“co-”), Proto-Slavic *sъ(n) (“with”). The ablative is from the PIE comitative-instrumental.

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