compaing

Old French

Alternative forms

• compain, compaign, cumpain
• compainz (with analogical nominative /-s/)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe-?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Italic *kom

Old Latin com

Latin cum

Latin con-

Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-der.?

Latin pānis

Proto-Indo-European *-h₃onh₂-der.

Latin -ō

Proto-West Germanic *gahlaibōcalq.

Latin compāniō

Old French compaing

Inherited from Latin compāniō. See compaignon for more.

Noun

compaing m

1. nominative singular of compaignon

Descendants

• French: copain
• → Middle High German: kompān, kumpān
  • German: Kumpan
  • → Old Swedish: kumpan
    • → Finnish: kumppani
  • → Polish: kompan