companion English · revision 9

+ ==Etymology==

+ From [[enm|compaignon]],^(AHD) [[bor|fro|compaignon]],^(AHD)^(OED 1989) [[der|la-lat|compāniō|t=messmate]] (accusative ''compāniōnem''),^(OED 1989)^(RHWU) ultimately [[af|la|com-|pānis|t1=with, together|t2=bread]],^(AHD)^(Etymonline) literally “bread-fellow”.^(Etymonline) Recorded in English from c. 1300.^(Etymonline)

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+ The Late Latin word is first found in the Frankish ''Lex Salica'' and is probably a translation of a Germanic word;^(Etymonline)^(Wiktionary) compare [[got|gahlaiba|t=messmate]].^(OED 1989)^(RHWU) The English word displaced [[ang|ġefēra|t=fellow traveller]].^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==References==

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