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conEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥néh₃ti Proto-Germanic *kunnaną Proto-West Germanic *kunnan Old English cunnan Middle English connen English con Inherited from Middle English connen, inherited from Old English cunnan (“to know, know how”), inherited from Proto-West Germanic *kunnan (“recognize, know how”), inherited from Proto-Germanic *kunnaną (“to know, know how”), inherited from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- (“to know”) Doublet of can.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗conEnglish (en) · Etymology 2Source text
Abbreviation of Latin contrā (“against”).
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗conEnglish (en) · Etymology 3Source text
Clipping of convict.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗conEnglish (en) · Etymology 4Source text
From con trick, shortened from confidence trick.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗conEnglish (en) · Etymology 5Source text
From earlier cond; see conn.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗conEnglish (en) · Etymology 6Source text
Clipping of convention or conference.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗conEnglish (en) · Etymology 7Source text
Clipping of conversion.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗conEnglish (en) · Etymology 8Source text
Clipping of consumption.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗conEnglish (en) · Etymology 9Source text
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”).
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗conEnglish (en) · Etymology 10Source text
Clipping of conservative; compare lib.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗conEnglish (en) · Etymology 11Source text
Clipping of consolidation or consolidated.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗conEnglish (en) · Etymology 12Source text
Clipping of constitution.
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Chambers (1908)
1908- ConEnglish · e-37683-5666
Con, kon, v.t. to study carefully: to commit to memory:—pr.p. con′ning; pa.p. conned.—n. Con′ning, learning by heart; poring over. [A.S. cunnian, to try to know—cunnan, to know.]
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Con, Conn, kon, kun, v.t. to direct the steering of a ship.—n. the act of conning.—ns. Con′ning, directing the steering; Con′ning-tow′er, the pilot-house of a war-ship. [Prob. conn. with preceding.]
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Con, kon, n. a knock. [Fr. cogner, to knock.]
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