myEtymology.com: Portuguese etymology of compasso

Etymology of the Portuguese word compasso

the Portuguese word compasso

derived from the Portuguese word compassar

derived from the Vulgar Latin root *compassare

derived 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)

Dutch kompas, English compass, French compas, German Kompaß, German Kompass, Icelandic kompás, Lithuanian kompasas, Norwegian kompas, Polish kompas, Russian компac, Spanish compás, Swedish kompass