Etymology of the French word composer
the Old French word
composerderived from the Classical Latin word
componere (compare; place, put; construct, build; arrange)
derived from the Latin word
ponere (esteem, value, count; lay; found; put, lay down; put, place, set; specify, put down; cite)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*apo-using the Latin prefix
con- (together)
derived from 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 composer in French dates from the 12th century.
Derivations in French
composeuse,
composant,
composé,
décomposer,
compositeur,
composition,
recomposerDerivations in other languages
English
compose, Spanish
composibleCognates
Dutch
componeren, German
komponieren, Latin
componere, Lithuanian
komponuoti, Norwegian
komponere, Polish
komponować, Russian
компoнoвaть, Swedish
komponeraUsage
Word found in Old French
