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The Thread of Greek and Latin Roots
d&q:
It is dem and demo, the 'o' is part of the dem root. I know the other meanings of ethn and mono, but I don't agree with you about cognate. That's false etymology, I think.
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cognate
Actually its cog in this case, not co or cogn. Prefixes can have different forms, not just one. So it can be dem and demo, or co, con, and cog. And the definition "to come to be" seems to work better than "to be born", since its not always being "born" in the literal sense.
Ender:
Hmm, I agree that prefixes can come in different forms and cog- is probably also correct. Here's my source though:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognate
Maybe it can be interpreted both ways.
I generally think of the form "co" as more useful for learning, though. For example, cog- in "cogitate" is useless. Same with co- in "court," but I can't think of too many words that have cog- as a prefix for "together," whereas a whole bunch for co- come tom ind. Can you come up with any other ones for cog-? I'd look it up but I have to go do laundry now hehe.
d&q:
Con?
Congregate: Con - with, together; Greg - to flock; ate - to cause to become
To cause to become flocked together.
Construct: Con - with or together, Struct - to build
To build together.
Joe:
Con is also part of the Spanish language, also meaning with, for those who overlooked it.
d&q:
That has nothing to do with the topic at hand. :P
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