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English word origin

Etymology of co

Clipping of company.

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Source etymology 1

Original entry ↗
noun

Clipping of company.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Clipping of company.

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Source etymology 2

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pron

Gender-neutral subject pronoun, coordinate with gendered pronouns he and she. · Gender-neutral object pronoun, coordinate with gendered pronouns him and her.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Coined by feminist writer Mary Orovan in 1970; in common usage in intentional communities of the Federation of Egalitarian Communities.

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