companion
中文n. 朋友，陪伴，指南，升降口围罩；vt. 陪伴来自 ECDICT
演变路径（由近及远）
- 英语
- 继承自 ←中古英语 companion
- 源自 ←古法语 compaignon “companion”
- 源自 ←晚期拉丁语 compāniōn-
- 源自 ←gem
- 源自 ←法兰克语 *galaibo
- 源自 ←原始日耳曼语 *gahlaibô
原始词根
原始印欧语 *peh₂-
词源说明
From Middle English companion, from Old French compaignon (“companion”) (modern French compagnon), from Late Latin compāniōn- (nominative singular compāniō, whence French copain), from com- + pānis (literally, with + bread), a word first attested in the Frankish Lex Salica as a calque of a Germanic word, probably Frankish *galaibo, *gahlaibō (“messmate”, literally “with-bread”), from Proto-Germanic *gahlaibô. Compare also Old High German galeipo (“messmate”) and Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌷𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌱𐌰 (gahlaiba, “messmate”); and, for the semantics, compare Old Armenian ընկեր (ənker, “friend”, literally “messmate”). More at co-, loaf. Displaced native Old English ġefēra (literally “fellow traveler”). Compare company and mate.
释义（英文）
名词 Noun
- A friend, acquaintance or partner; someone with whom one spends time or accompanies
- (dated) A person employed to accompany or travel with another.
- (nautical) The framework on the quarterdeck of a sailing ship through which daylight entered the cabins below.
- (nautical) The covering of a hatchway on an upper deck which leads to the companionway; the stairs themselves.
- (topology) A knot in whose neighborhood another, specified knot meets every meridian disk.
- (figuratively) A person, thing or phenomenon that is closely associated with another person, thing or phenomenon.
- (attributive) An appended source of media or information, designed to be used in conjunction with and to enhance the main material.