Etymology

uncompanionable

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Today it means: aloof and standoffish Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  9. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  10. Proto-Italic*kom
  11. Proto-Italic*kom-
  12. Latincon-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*peh₂-der.?
  14. Latinpānis
  15. Proto-West Germanic*gahlaibō
  16. Late Latincompāniō
  17. Old Frenchcompaignon
  18. Middle Englishcompanion
  19. Englishcompanion
  20. Englishcompanionable
  21. English todayuncompanionable

From un- + companionable.

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