compost

The story

1. Latin · derived fromcompositus“composed”
2. Old Northern French · derived fromcompost“a mixture of leaves, manure, etc., for fertilizing land, also a condiment”
3. Middle English · inherited fromcompost
4. English todaycompost

From Middle English compost, from Old Northern French compost (“a mixture of leaves, manure, etc., for fertilizing land, also a condiment”), from Latin compositus (“composed”), from componere. Doublet of compote, which was taken from modern French, composite, and kompot.

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