Reconstruction:Latin/compania

This Latin entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Latin

Etymology

Collective noun based on compānio (“comrade”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /komˈpaɲɲa/

Noun

*compānia (plural *compāniās) (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)

crew, entourage

Descendants

Italo-Romance:
- Old Italian: compagna
North Italian:
- Old Lombard: compagna
- Old Venetian: compagna
Gallo-Romance:
- Catalan: companya
Iberia:
- Old Portuguese: companna
  - Galician: compaña
  - Portuguese: companha
- Old Spanish: companna
  - Spanish: compaña

References

Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “companio”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 20: Autres langues, page 968