companio

Latin

Etymology

From con- +‎ pānis (“bread”) +‎ -iō, 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/, [kɔmˈpɑːniɔ]

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
    • French: compagnie
      • → Dutch: compagnie
        • → Indonesian: kompeni
    • → English: company
      • → Malay: kompeni
• ⇒ 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