{"id":1642,"date":"2021-12-18T15:18:29","date_gmt":"2021-12-18T15:18:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=1642"},"modified":"2021-12-18T17:10:14","modified_gmt":"2021-12-18T17:10:14","slug":"adventures-in-etymology-companion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=1642","title":{"rendered":"Adventures in Etymology &#8211; Companion"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Adventures in Etymology &amp;#8211; Companion\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2021-12-18T15:18:29+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"In today\u2019s Adventure in Etymology we\u2019re looking at the origins of the word companion.\n\n\n\nCompanion [k\u0259m\u02c8p\u00e6nj\u0259n] is:\n\n \ta person who is frequently in the company of, associates with, or accompanies another:\n \ta person employed to accompany, assist, or...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/companion.mp3\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8979\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1642-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/companion.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/companion.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/companion.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/companion.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=1642-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/companion.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"companion.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>In today\u2019s <strong>Adventure in Etymology<\/strong> we\u2019re looking at the origins of the word <strong>companion<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/istolethetv\/3806921002\/in\/photolist-6NpsZ1-39Wfxn-8gWnEH-7karEg-8k2pgP-8qyTbJ-9gKdD8-3aten8-k9Duvi-2jccS4n-7Rv3j2-7nVKyd-7PkM6S-6kcwGB-dqhoSh-7zreEC-ecZToF-4rs9C2-7QMZCy-7QJG7v-mnHqTH-7QMZP7-8LNhmm-5cVsry-5oJviA-6M9uUB-DzMS4-ahjH5S-oo7QBF-9qNa4d-7EEyH-LSJX4-aNpsm-2j1vWJW-2kEQENC-s1TE8P-2m5qRgW-6We5Jy-4z9NVY-4z5xaM-4z5wrn-4z9LEf-4WCga3-2hL8Zn6-tYgbAf-VrFkSC-7Krcqb-ofvJAh-N1U9pp-4z9Kkf\" title=\"breaking bread\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/2629\/3806921002_52b9eb16d5_z.jpg\" alt=\"breaking bread\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/a><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Companion<\/strong> [k\u0259m\u02c8p\u00e6nj\u0259n] is:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>a person who is frequently in the company of, associates with, or accompanies another:<\/li>\n<li>a person employed to accompany, assist, or live with another in the capacity of a helpful friend.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It comes from the Old French <em>compaignon<\/em> [kumpa\u02c8\u0272un] (friend, colleague, companion), from the Late Latin <em>comp\u0101ni\u014d<\/em> [k\u0254m\u02c8p\u00e4\u02d0ni\u0254] (companion), from <em>com-<\/em> (with) and\u200e <em>p\u0101nis<\/em> (bread) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/companion#English\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p><em>Comp\u0101ni\u014d<\/em> was probably a calque of the Frankish <em>*gahlaib\u014d<\/em> (messmate), from the Proto-Germanic <em>*ga-<\/em> (with) and\u200e <em>*hlaibaz<\/em> (bread), from which we get the English words <strong>loaf<\/strong> and <strong>lord<\/strong>, via the Old English <em>hl\u0101f<\/em> (bread) and <em>weard<\/em> (guard) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/lord#English\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>In Middle English another word for bread was <em>payn<\/em>, which came from the Old French <em>pain<\/em> (bread), from the Latin <em>p\u0101nis<\/em> (bread, loaf, food, nourishment), possibly from the PIE <em>*peh\u2082-<\/em> (to graze). This became <strong>pain<\/strong> (bread stuffed with a filling) in Early Modern English [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/payn#Middle_English\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/nvZ7ZVg8AyY\">video<\/a> I made of this information:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nvZ7ZVg8AyY\" title=\"YouTube video player\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Video made with <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/37vAg5P\">Doodly<\/a> &#8211; an easy-to-use animated video creator [affiliate link].<\/p>\n<p>I also write about words, etymology, and other language-related topics, on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/\">Omniglot Blog<\/a>, and I explore etymological connections between Celtic languages on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/\">Celtiadur<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>You can also listen to this podcast on: <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/gb\/podcast\/radio-omniglot\/id1432641094\">Apple Podcasts<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/music.amazon.com\/podcasts\/8b1b1d1b-b39e-4277-b28d-479a3b5043b3\/radio-omniglot\">Amazon Music<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stitcher.com\/podcast\/radio-omniglot\">Stitcher<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/podcasts\/Education-Podcasts\/Radio-Omniglot-p1154145\/\">TuneIn<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.podchaser.com\/podcasts\/radio-omniglot-716327\">Podchaser<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/player.fm\/series\/radio-omniglot\">PlayerFM<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/podtail.com\/da\/podcast\/radio-omniglot\/\">podtail<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you would like to support this podcast, you can make a donation via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/uk\/cgi-bin\/webscr?cmd=_flow&amp;SESSION=aLjPfXL-vP_1gQ_U23Iz8_hSWLlhzLHPMFZrt32dIEfG8htoNFLYaPoWkv8&amp;dispatch=5885d80a13c0db1f8e263663d3faee8def8934b92a630e40b7fef61ab7e9fe63\">PayPal<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/omniglot\">Patreon<\/a>, or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/donations.htm\">contribute to Omniglot in other ways<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/create.blubrry.com\/resources\/podcast-media-hosting\/?code=omniglot\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/images\/banners\/banner_blubrry.png\" alt=\"Blubrry podcast hosting\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Adventures in Etymology &amp;#8211; Companion\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2021-12-18T15:18:29+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"In today\u2019s Adventure in Etymology we\u2019re looking at the origins of the word companion.\n\n\n\nCompanion [k\u0259m\u02c8p\u00e6nj\u0259n] is:\n\n \ta person who is frequently in the company of, associates with, or accompanies another:\n \ta person employed to accompany, assist, or...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/companion.mp3\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8980\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1642-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/companion.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/companion.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/companion.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/companion.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=1642-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/companion.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"companion.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>In today\u2019s Adventure in Etymology we\u2019re looking at the origins of the word companion. Companion [k\u0259m\u02c8p\u00e6nj\u0259n] is: a person who is frequently in the company of, associates with, or accompanies another: a person employed to accompany, assist, or live with another in the capacity of a helpful friend. It comes from the Old French compaignon [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[98,20,56,110,4,50,58,55,109,1,57,59],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1642","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adventures-in-etymology","category-english","category-etymology","category-frankish-frenkisk","category-language","category-latin","category-middle-english","category-old-english-aenglisc","category-old-french-franceis","category-podcast","category-proto-germanic","category-proto-indo-european"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1642","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1642"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1642\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1647,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1642\/revisions\/1647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}