cunctus

Etymology
. Proposals include:
 * From 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, which he reconstructs as the ancestor also of 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬, as well as the middle part of 🇨🇬. The Latin form would then show the same /p – kʷ > kʷ – kʷ/ assimilation as in . De Vaan rejects this etymology, saying that based on its genitive singular form pankawaš, Hittite pankuš cannot be cognate to Latin cū̆nctus and is more likely related to.
 * From, from . In this case cognate to 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.
 * Ancient etymologists explained it as a contraction of, making it a ; this is today rejected.

Pronunciation

 * Note: the length of the root vowel is uncertain; length is regular before /nkt/, but this depends on whether the syncope preceded the lenthening. This is further complicated by the existence in Latin of an Osthoff's law-like tendency to shorten vowels followed by nasal+stop consonants. Compare the same uncertainity in the unrelated verb, likely influenced by the adjective via false-etymological derivation or vice versa.
 * Note: the length of the root vowel is uncertain; length is regular before /nkt/, but this depends on whether the syncope preceded the lenthening. This is further complicated by the existence in Latin of an Osthoff's law-like tendency to shorten vowels followed by nasal+stop consonants. Compare the same uncertainity in the unrelated verb, likely influenced by the adjective via false-etymological derivation or vice versa.

Adjective

 * 1) collectively, all together; the whole, entire