myEtymology.com: Spanish etymology of compás

Etymology of the Spanish word compás

the Spanish word compás

derived from the Spanish word compasar

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, Portuguese compasso, Russian компac, Swedish kompass