Where does “コンポート” come from?

コンポート (Japanese) comes from French compote, from Old French composte, from Latin compostus, from Latin compōnere.

コンポート (Japanese): compote

Definitions

  1. compote

Ancestry of “コンポート”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcompotestewed fruit or meat, compote; inflection of...
2Old Frenchcompostemixture of leaves, manure, etc., for fertilizing...
3Latincompostus
4Latincompōnere
Every word from Latin compōnere