Where does “гопкомпания” come from?
гопкомпания (Russian) comes from Russian компа́ния, from Polish kompania, from German Kompanie, from French compagnie, from Italian compagnia, from Italian compagna, from Italian compagno, from Latin compāniō — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
гопкомпания (Russian): free-and-easy gathering; riff-raff crew
Definitions
- free-and-easy gathering; riff-raff crew
Ancestry of “гопкомпания”, step by step
гопкомпания traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Russian компа́ния
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | компа́ния | company |
| 2 | Polish | kompania | company, fellowship, group |
| 3 | German | Kompanie | company |
| 4 | French | compagnie | company |
| 5 | Italian | compagnia | company, companionship, fellowship, society,... |
| 6 | Italian | compagna | feminine singular of compagno; female equivalent... |
| 7 | Italian | compagno | alike, like, similar, the same; mate, companion,... |
| 8 | Latin | compāniō | comrade |
| 9 | Latin | com- | allomorph of con- |
| 10 | Latin | con- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing... |
| 11 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 12 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 16 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 17 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 18 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 19 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 20 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 21 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 22 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via Russian го́п
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | го́п | go!, hop! encouraging someone to jump, hop, or leap, or exclaimed while jumping or leaping |