compaignon

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Middle French

Etymology

From Old French compaignon.

Noun

compaignon m (plural compaignons)

  1. companion; friend
  2. member
    • 1488, Jean Dupré, Lancelot du Lac, page 18:
      il lui dist qu'il estoit de la maison au roy Artus compaignon de la table ronde
      he told him he was of the house of King Arthur and a member of the round table

Descendants

  • French: compagnon

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Late Latin compāniō (literally “he with whom one shares one's bread”), from com- + pānis (with + bread), first attested in the Frankish Lex Salica as a calque of a Germanic word, probably Frankish *gahlaibō (“messmate”, literally “with-bread”), from *hlaib (“loaf, bread”). Compare Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌷𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌱𐌰 (gahlaiba, “messmate”) from 𐌲𐌰- (ga-, “with”) + 𐌷𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌱𐌰 (hlaiba, “bread”), Old High German galeipo from ga- (“with”) + leipo (“bread”). Compare also with the etymologically related term compaignie.

Pronunciation

Noun

compaignon oblique singular, m (oblique plural compaignons, nominative singular compaing, nominative plural compaignon)

  1. friend
  2. colleague, companion

Derived terms

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