con
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From Middle English connen, from Old English cunnan (“to know, know how”), from Proto-West Germanic *kunnan, from Proto-Germanic *kunnaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- (whence know). Doublet of can.
con (third-person singular simple present cons, present participle conning, simple past and past participle conned)
Abbreviation of Latin contra (“against”).
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From con trick, shortened from confidence trick.
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con (third-person singular simple present cons, present participle conning, simple past and past participle conned)
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Clipping of convention or conference.
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Clipping of conversion.
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Clipping of consumption.
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Origin uncertain. Perhaps a clipping of Middle English acquerne, aquerne, ocquerne, okerne (“squirrel”), from Old English ācweorna, āqueorna, āquorna, ācurna (“squirrel”), from Proto-West Germanic *aikwernō, from Proto-Germanic *aikwernô (“squirrel”); or from its Old Norse cognate íkorni (“squirrel”), from the same ultimate source. Cognate with West Frisian iikhoarn (“squirrel”), Dutch eekhoorn (“squirrel”), German Eichhorn (“squirrel”), Icelandic íkorni (“squirrel”).
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Clipping of conservative; compare lib.
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Clipping of consolidation or consolidated.
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Clipping of English contact lens.
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Clipping of happy corner, from English happy corner.
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Clipping of English consultation or English consult.
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Clipping of English contractor.
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Clipping of English conference.
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From Old Galician-Portuguese con, from Latin cum, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm.
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Inherited from Latin cunnus, probably ultimately of Proto-Indo-European origin.
con (feminine conne, masculine plural cons, feminine plural connes)