Reconstruction:Latin/compania

This Latin entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Latin

Etymology

Collective noun based on compānio (“comrade”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /komˈpaɲɲa/

Noun

*compānia (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)

1. crew, entourage

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	*/komˈpaɲɲa/	*/komˈpaɲɲas/
oblique	*/komˈpaɲɲa/	*/komˈpaɲɲas/

Descendants

• Italo-Romance:
  • Old Italian: compagna
• North Italian:
  • Old Lombard: compagna
  • Old Venetian: compagna
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: companya
• Iberia:
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: companna
    • Galician: compaña
    • Portuguese: companha
  • Old Spanish: companna
    • Spanish: compaña

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “companio”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 20: Autres langues, page 968