compaignon

== Middle French == === Etymology === From Old French compaignon. === Noun === compaignon m (plural compaignons) companion; friend member ==== Descendants ==== French: compagnon == Old French == === Alternative forms === compagnon === Etymology === Inherited from Late Latin compāniō m (literally “he with whom one shares one's bread”), from com- +‎ pānis m +‎ -ō m (with + bread), first attested in the Frankish Lex Salica as a calque of a Germanic word, probably Frankish *gahlaibō m (“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 === IPA(key): /kumpaˈɲun/ === Noun === compaignon oblique singular, m (oblique plural compaignons, nominative singular compaing, nominative plural compaignon) friend colleague, companion ==== Derived terms ==== compaignie Middle French: compaignieFrench: compagnie (see there for further descendants) → Middle English: companye (see there for further descendants) ==== Descendants ==== Middle French: compaignon French: compagnon → Middle English: companion English: companion → Romanian: companion