Where does “compost” come from?

compost (Old French) comes from Latin compostus, from Latin compōnere.

compost (Old French): composed

Definitions

  1. composed

Ancestry of “compost”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincompostus—
2Latincompōnere—
Every word from Latin compōnere →Every word from Latin compostus →
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