Etymology

comitatus

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Today it means: A group of warriors or nobles accompanying a king or other leader. Full definition →

Latin comitatus
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The story

  1. Latin · borrowed fromcomitatus
  2. English todaycomitatus

Unadapted borrowing from Latin comitatus, from comes (“companion”). Doublet of county, from Anglo-Norman/Old French.

Words from the same roots

Latincomitatus all →

county

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