English
Republicon
Blend of Republican + con (“fraud, scam”).
A blend of Republican + con ‘fraud, scam’
Latin rēspūblica ‘a republic, commonwealth’
Latin rēpūblicā
Middle French republique ‘republic’
English republic
French républicain
English Republican
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm ‘with, along, at’
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Proto-Italic *kom- ‘together’
Proto-Italic *komteros ‘the other of the two who meet, opposite’
Proto-Italic *komterād
Latin contrā ‘against’
English con
Today it means
noun A member or supporter of the Republican Party of the United States.
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Etymograph / Republicon