Where does “compagnie” come from?
compagnie (French) comes from Italian compagnia, from Italian compagna, from Italian compagno, from Latin compāniō, from Latin com-, from Latin con-, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
compagnie (French): company
Definitions
- company
Ancestry of “compagnie”, step by step
compagnie traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian compagnia
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | compagnia | company, companionship, fellowship, society,... |
| 2 | Italian | compagna | feminine singular of compagno; female equivalent... |
| 3 | Italian | compagno | alike, like, similar, the same; mate, companion,... |
| 4 | Latin | compāniō | comrade |
| 5 | Latin | com- | allomorph of con- |
| 6 | Latin | con- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing... |
| 7 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 8 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 12 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 13 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 14 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 15 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 16 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via Middle French compaignie
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | compaignie | company |
| 2 | Old French | compaignie | companionship |
| 3 | Old French | -ie | indicates a feminine noun, often an abstract one |
| 4 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 5 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |
via Medieval Latin companium
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Medieval Latin | companium | — |