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Where does “kampanii” come from?

kampanii (Fiji Hindi) comes from English company, from Middle English companye, from Old French compaignie, from Old French compain, from Latin compāniō, from Latin com-, from Latin con-, from Latin cum — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

kampanii (Fiji Hindi): The Colonial Sugar Refining Company based in Fiji

Definitions

  1. The Colonial Sugar Refining Company based in Fiji

Ancestry of “kampanii”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcompanyA team; a group of people who work together...
2Middle EnglishcompanyeA company, band, small group, or team of people;...
3Old Frenchcompaigniecompanionship
4Old FrenchcompainAlternative form of compaing; friend; companion
5Latincompāniō—
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—
14Germankitt—
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,...
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