companna

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Old Spanish

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *compānia, from Late Latin compāniō (companion).

Pronunciation

Noun

companna f (plural compannas)

  1. company, entourage
    • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 5r:
      Corrio eſau aencuẽtro de ſo ermano. E abraçol ⁊ echo ſobre ſo cuello el braço. E ſaludolo. ⁊ omillos eſau. E toda ſu cõpãna de iacob.
      Esau ran to meet his brother, and he embraced him and put his arm over his neck. And he greeted him and bowed before Esau, and so too all of Jacob's company.

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  • Spanish: compaña