compost
English
/ˈkɒmpɒst/, /ˈkɑmpoʊst/
noun
Definitions
- The decayed remains of organic matter that has rotted into a natural fertilizer.
- (obsolete) A mixture; a compound.
Etymology
Borrowed from compost (etc, manure, mixture of leaves, for fertilizing land also condiment) derived from Latin compositus (composed).
Origin
Latin
compositus
Gloss
composed
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- compostability English
- compostable English
- composter English
- compostlike English
- composture English
- composty English
- noncompostable English
- recompost English
- uncompostable English
- vermicompost English
- vermicomposter English
- compositus Latin
- incompositus Latin
- composito Italian
- compost Italian
- compostare Italian
- compost Dutch, Flemish
- composthoop Dutch, Flemish
- composite French
- compost French
- kompost Polish
- kompost Czech
- composta Galician
- composite Middle French
- compost ONF.