Where does “compañeiro” come from?

compañeiro (Galician) comes from Galician compaña, from Old Portuguese companna, from Vulgar Latin compania, 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,...

compañeiro (Galician): companion, comrade, colleague

Definitions

  1. companion, comrade, colleague

Ancestry of “compañeiro”, step by step

compañeiro traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Galician compaña

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galiciancompañagroup of people; company; troop or army
2Old Portuguesecompanna
3Vulgar Latincompania
4Latincompāniōcomrade
5Latincom-allomorph of con-
6Latincon-Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing...
7Latincumwith, along with; at; -fold
8Old LatincomAlternative form of cum
9Proto-Italickomwith, along, at
10Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
11Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
12Middle Englishkyt
13Germankittputty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes
14Old High Germankuti
15Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
16Proto-Germanickweduzresin
17Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak
18Proto-Indo-Europeangū-to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

via Old Portuguese companneiro

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesecompanneiro
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gū-Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷet-Every word from Proto-Germanic kweduz