companio

Latin

Etymology

From con- +‎ pānis (“bread”) +‎ -ō, a calque of Proto-West Germanic *gahlaibō, from Proto-Germanic *gahlaibô, from *ga- + *hlaibaz (“bread”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /komˈpaː.ni.oː/, [kɔmˈpäːnioː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /komˈpa.ni.o/, [komˈpäːnio]

Noun

compāniō m (genitive compāniōnis); third declension

1. (Late Latin) companion

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	compāniō	compāniōnēs
Genitive	compāniōnis	compāniōnum
Dative	compāniōnī	compāniōnibus
Accusative	compāniōnem	compāniōnēs
Ablative	compāniōne	compāniōnibus
Vocative	compāniō	compāniōnēs

Descendants

• Catalan: company
• Corsican: cumpagnu
• Old French: compaing, compain
  • French: copain
  • → Middle High German: kompān, kumpān
    • German: Kumpan
      • → Polish: kompan
• Old French: compaignon
  • Middle French: compaignon
    • French: compagnon
    • → English: companion
  • ⇒ Old French: compaignie
    • Middle French: compaignie
      • French: compagnie (see there for further descendants)
    • → Middle English: companye, compaygnie, company, compaignye, companie, cumpaignye, compainie, cumpanye, compaynye, compaignie, cumpany, compeine
      • English: company, companie
        • → Hindi: कंपनी (kampnī)
        • → Malay: kompeni
        • → Swahili: kampuni
      • Scots: company
• ⇒ Galician: compaña
  • ⇒ Galician: compañeiro
  • ⇒ Galician: compañía
• Istriot: cunpagno
• Italian: compagno, compagnone
• Sicilian: cumpagnu
• ⇒ Portuguese: companha
• ⇒ Spanish: compaña
  • ⇒ Spanish: compañero
  • ⇒ Spanish: compañía
• → Old Swedish: kumpan
  • → Finnish: kumppani