Etymology

compo

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Today it means: Workers' compensation. Full definition →

Italian Campo ← French Campeau
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The story

  1. French · derived fromCampeau
  2. Italian · derived fromCampo
  3. English todayCompo

Possibly an Americanized form of either Italian Campo or French Campeau.

Words from the same roots

FrenchCampeau all →

CampauCompeau

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.