Etymology of the French word compas
the Old French word
compasderived from the Old French word
compasserderived from the Vulgar Latin root
*compassarederived from the Late Latin word
passus (spread out; outstretched; dried; step, pace)
derived from the Latin word
pati (suffer; allow; undergo)
derived from the Latin word
pandere (spread out [passis manibus => with hands outstretched])
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*petə-using the Latin prefix
com-derived from the Latin word
cum (with)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*kom (near, with, together)
Date
The earliest known usage of compas in French dates from the 12th century.
Derivations in French
gyrocompas,
compassier,
radiocompasDerivations in other languages
English
compass, Romanian
compasCognates
Dutch
kompas, English
compass, German
Kompaß, German
Kompass, Icelandic
kompás, Lithuanian
kompasas, Norwegian
kompas, Polish
kompas, Portuguese
compasso, Russian
компac, Spanish
compás, Swedish
kompassUsage
Word found in Old French
