syn-
syn- definition
syn- (sin)
with, together, at the same time [synesthesia, syncarpous]: it becomes, by assimilation, syl- before l; sym- before b, m, or p; and sys- before s or in words in which it reflects original combining with a word containing an initial aspirate, or (h) sound
Etymology: Gr < syn, with, earlier xyn
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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