English

comes

/ˈkəʊmiːz/
The answer to the theme, or dux, in a fugue.

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    Borrowed from Latin comes (“a companion”). Doublet of comte, conte, and count.

    From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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    • borrowedLatincomes “companion”

    Related: English count (doublet), English conte (doublet), English comte (doublet)

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