Etymology of the French word compasser
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 compasser in French dates from the 12th century.
Derivations in French
compassé,
compas,
compassementCognates
Provençal
compassar, Spanish
compassarUsage
Word found in Old French
