compost
French
noun
Definitions
- compost, natural fertilizer produced by decaying organic matter
Etymology
Derived from Old French composte (condiment, etc, mixture of leaves, manure, for fertilizing land) derived from Latin compostus.
Origin
Latin
compostus
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- compositum Latin
- compositus Latin
- compostum Latin
- compostus Latin
- incompositus Latin
- Kompost German
- composito Italian
- composto Italian
- composite French
- compote French
- compuesto Spanish, Castilian
- kompost Norwegian Bokmål
- komposthaug Norwegian Bokmål
- kompost Polish
- kompost Norwegian Nynorsk
- komposthaug Norwegian Nynorsk
- kompost Danish
- kompost Czech
- compost Old French
- composte Old French
- compost Catalan, Valencian
- composta Galician
- composite Middle French
- composto Old Portuguese
- compost ONF.