myEtymology.com: Italian etymology of compost

Etymology of the Italian word compost

the Italian word compost

derived from the English word compost

derived from the Old French word compost

derived 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)

derived from the Old French word composte

derived from the Latin word composita