Mecum
/ˈmiː.kʊm/noun
A Latin prepositional phrase meaning “with me,” often seen in fixed expressions and titles.
Did you know?Mecum is a fossilized Latin form from me + cum, and English still preserves it in expressions like ad hoc, curriculum vitae, and other learned phrases that carry Latin’s old ritual authority.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*me-
“the first-person singular pronoun root, “me””
Latin
Latin
me
““me,” the accusative singular of the first-person pronoun”
Latin
Latin
cum
““with,” a preposition used after pronouns in enclitic compounds”
Classical Latin
Latin
mecum
““with me,” a fixed postpositive phrase”
Modern English
English
mecum
“used in legal, scholarly, or title-like Latin phrases meaning “with me””