Where does “kompaso” come from?

kompaso (Esperanto) comes from English compass, from Middle English compas, from Old French compas, from Medieval Latin compassus, from Italian compassare, from Latin com-, from Latin con-, from Latin cum — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

kompaso (Esperanto): compass tool used for navigation

Definitions

  1. compass tool used for navigation

Ancestry of “kompaso”, step by step

kompaso traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via English compass

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcompassA magnetic or electronic device used to determine...
2Middle EnglishcompasGuile, craft or an instance of it; the use of...
3Old Frenchcompas
4Medieval Latincompassusa circle, a circuit; suffered; pitied
5Italiancompassaremeasure with a pair of compasses
6Latincom-allomorph of con-
7Latincon-Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing...
8Latincumwith, along with; at; -fold
9Old LatincomAlternative form of cum
10Proto-Italickomwith, along, at
11Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
12Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
13Middle Englishkyt
14Germankittputty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes
15Old High Germankuti
16Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
17Proto-Germanickweduzresin
18Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak
19Proto-Indo-Europeangū-to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

via Russian ко́мпас

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianко́мпас
2GermanKompasscompass
3Italiancompassocompass, pair of compasses; calipers, callipers

via Polish kompas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishkompascompass
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gū-