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col-

2 
var. of colo- before a vowel: colectomy.

colo-

 
a combining form representing colon2 in compound words: colostomy.
Also, especially before a vowel, col-.

com-

 
a prefix meaning “with,” “together,” “in association,” and (with intensive force) “completely,” occurring in loanwords from Latin (commit): used in the formation of compound words before b, p, m: combine; compare; commingle.
Also, co-, col-, con-, cor-.

Origin:
< L, var. of prep. cum with
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col- 1  
pref.  Variant of com-.
col- 2  
pref.  Variant of colo-.
colo- or coli- or col-  
pref.  Colon: colostomy.

[From colon2.]
com- or col- or con- or cor-  
pref.  Together; with; joint; jointly: commingle.

[Middle English, from Latin; see kom in Indo-European roots.]
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Word Origin & History

com- 
from L., archaic form of classical L. cum "together, together with, in combination," the prefix sometimes used as an intensive, from PIE *kom- "beside, near, by, with" (cf. O.E. ge-, Ger. ge-).
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Medical Dictionary

col- 1
pref.
Variant of com-.

col- 2
pref.
Variant of colo-.

colo- or coli- or col-
pref.
Colon: colostomy.

com- or col- or con-
pref.
Together; with; joint; jointly: commensalism.

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