Etymology

companionable

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Today it means: Having the characteristics of a worthy companion; friendly and sociable. Full definition →

English companion ← Middle English companion ← Old French compaignon
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kom
  4. Proto-Italic*kom-
  5. Latincon-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*peh₂-der.?
  7. Latinpānis
  8. Proto-West Germanic*gahlaibō
  9. Late Latincompāniō
  10. Old Frenchcompaignon
  11. Middle Englishcompanion
  12. Englishcompanion
  13. English todaycompanionable

From companion + -able.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.