companio

companio

Latin

Etymology

From con- (“with”) +‎ pānis (“bread”) +‎ -ō (noun-forming suffix), a calque of Proto-West Germanic *gahlaibō (“messmate”, literally “person with whom one shares bread”). First documented in the Lex Salica.[1]

Pronunciation

• (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance) IPA^(key): /komˈpaɲɲo/

Noun

compāniō m (genitive compāniōnis); third declension

1. (Late Latin, Medieval Latin) comrade

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

Derived terms

• *compānia

Descendants

Via the nominative compāniō:

• Italo-Romance:
  • Corsican: cumpagnu
  • Italian: compagno, ⇒ compagna
  • Sicilian: cumpagnu
• North Italian:
  • Istriot: cunpagno
  • Romansch: compogn, compagn
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Old French: compaing (see there for further descendants)
    • French: copain, ⇒ compagne
• Occitano-Romance:
  • Catalan: company ⇒ companya
  • Occitan: companh ⇒ companha
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Spanish: compaño (obsolete)

Via the accusative compāniōnem:

• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: compagnone
• North Italian:
  • Old Lombard: compagnon
  • Old Venetian: compagnò
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Old French: compaignon (see there for further descendants)
    • French: compagnon
• Occitano-Romance:
  • Catalan: companyó
  • Old Occitan: companhon, compalhó
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Old Portuguese: companhão
  • Spanish: compañón

References

1. Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “companio”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2: C Q K, page 968