composer
French
homophones-er
Definitions
- to composecompose
- to constituteconstitute, to make upmake up
- to dialdial (a number)
Etymology
Inherited from Old French composer (settle, compose, compound, adjust) affix from French poser derived from Latin componō, compono, componere.
Origin
Latin
componō, compono, componere
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- compose English
- componere Latin
- componō, compono, componere Latin
- antéposer French
- apposer French
- décomposable French
- décomposer French
- décomposeur French
- déposer French
- entreposer French
- imposer French
- interposer French
- juxtaposer French
- poser French
- postposer French
- superposer French
- posere Norwegian Bokmål
- composer Old French
- poser Old French
- descompune Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan