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cunctus

Pronunciation: [ˈkuːŋk.tʊs]

“cunctus” is a Latin word. Its meaning in English:

adjective

  1. collectively; all together; the whole, entire

Etymology

Uncertain. Proposals include: * From concitus by syncope per Pokorny (1959), accepted by De Vaan (2008) with some reservations. Ernout and Meillet (1985) reject this etymology, and also reject the ancient etymology from co(n)iūnctus. * According to Sihler (1995), from Proto-Indo-European *ponkʷ-u- (“whole, entire”), which he reconstructs as the ancestor also of Hittite 𒉺𒀭𒆪𒍑 (/⁠pa-an-ku-uš⁠/,…

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