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]
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
Descendants
Via the nominative compāniō:
Via the accusative compāniōnem:
- Italo-Romance:
- Italian: compagnone
- Sicilian: cumpagnuni
- North Italian:
- Old Lombard: compagnon
- Old Venetian: compagnò
- Gallo-Romance:
- Old French: compaignon (see there for further descendants)
- French: compagnon
- Old French: compaignon (see there for further descendants)
- Occitano-Romance:
- Catalan: companyó
- Old Occitan: companhon, compalhó
- Ibero-Romance:
- Old Galician-Portuguese: companhão
- Northern Portugal: ⇒ companhões (testicles)
- Spanish: compañón
- Old Galician-Portuguese: companhão
References
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “companio”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2: C Q K, page 968
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