[T]he prefix ''com'', from Latin, means ''together''; it appears in
the Latin ''comedere'' ... ''Com'' is generally taken, and
undoubtedly intended, to refer to ''commercial'', or ''company'', but
it could just as well stand for ''communal'' ...
From: Science and Society editorial. pp 266 64(3), Fall, 2000.
Raju J Das
Department of Geography
University of Dundee
Dundee DD1 4HN
United Kingdom
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