Etymology of the French word compote
the French word
compotederived from the Old French word
compostederived from the Latin word
compositaderived from the Latin word
compositus (prepared, ready, fit; well-arranged, ordered, regular)
derived 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 compote in French dates from the 11th century.
Derivations in French
compotierDerivations in other languages
English
compote, Portuguese
compota, Romanian
compot, Spanish
compotaCognates
Dutch
compote, English
compot, German
Kompott, Lithuanian
kompotas, Norwegian
kompott, Polish
kompot, Russian
компoт, Swedish
kompott
