copain
French
noun
Definitions
- (male) friend, chum, mate (UK), pal, buddy
- (informal) : boyfriend boy/man to whom one has a romantic attachment
Etymology
Inherited from Old French compaing inherited from Latin compāniō, pānis (bread, food) derived from Frankish *galaibo.
Origin
Frankish
*galaibo
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- companion English
- companionable English
- companionate English
- companioness English
- companionhood English
- companionless English
- companionly English
- companionship English
- companionway English
- *compania Latin
- companio Latin
- compāniō Latin
- compāniōn- Latin
- panarium Latin
- panata Latin
- panetarius Latin
- paniceus Latin
- panosus Latin
- pānis Latin
- pānātārius Latin
- accompagnare Italian
- compagnia Italian
- compagno Italian
- compagnone Italian
- panatella Italian
- copine French
- paner French
- pan Spanish, Castilian
- *peh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *gahlaibô Proto-Germanic
- companion Middle English
- compaignon Old French
- compain Old French
- compaing Old French
- acompanyar Catalan, Valencian
- pâine Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- pan Old Portuguese
- kumpan Old Swedish
- *gahlaibō Frankish
- *galaibo Frankish
- pun Dalmatian
- pani Sardinian
- cunpagno Istriot
- accumpagnà Corsican
- cumpagnu Corsican