COMPANION (through the O. Fr. compaignon or compagnon, from the Late Lat. companio,cum, with, and panis, bread,one who shares meals with another; the word has been wrongly derived from the Late Lat. compagnus, one of the same pages or district)

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COMPANION (through the O. Fr. compaignon or compagnon, from the Late Lat. companio,cum, with, and panis, bread,one who shares meals with another; the word has been wrongly derived from the Late Lat. compagnus, one of the same pages or district) , a

mess

MESS (an adaptation of O. Fr. mes, mod. mets; Ital. messo; derived from the
Late
- LATE
Lat. missum, past participle of mittere " to send or
place
- PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)
in position ")

mate

or " comrade " (a

term

TERM

which itself has a similar origin, meaning one who shares the same

camera

CAMERA (a Latin adaptation of Gr. Kagapa, an arched chamber)

or room). " Companion " is particularly used of soldiers, as in the expression " companion in arms," and so is the

title

TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

of the lowest rank in a military or other order of

knighthood

KNIGHTHOOD

; the word is also used of a person who lives with another in a paid position for the

sake

SAKE

company

COMPANY

, and is looked on rather as a friend than a servant; and of a pair or match, as of pictures and the like. Similar in ultimate origin but directly adapted from the Fr. chambre de la compagne, and Ital.

camera

CAMERA (a Latin adaptation of Gr. Kagapa, an arched chamber)

della compagna, the storeroom for provisions on board ship, is the use of "companion" for the framed windows over a hatchway on the deck of a ship, and also for the hooded entrance-stairs to the captain's cabin.

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