copain.
friend, chum, mate (UK), pal, buddy
Meaning & usage
friend, chum, mate (UK), pal, buddy
ellipsis of petit copain: boyfriend (boy/man to whom one has a romantic attachment)
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-der.? Latin pānis Proto-Indo-European *-ōder. Proto-Indo-European *-Hōder.? Latin -ō Proto-West Germanic *gahlaibōcalq. Latin compāniō Old French compaing French copain # Inherited from Old French compaing, compain m, from Late Latin compāniō m (nominative form) (compare also Italian compagno m), from com- + pānis m, literally “with-bread”, a word first attested in the Frankish Lex Salica as a translation of a Germanic word, probably Frankish *galaibo, *gahlaibō (“messmate”, literally “with-bread”), from *hlaib m (“loaf, bread”). See also compagnon m, from the accusative form of the same Late Latin term compāniōnem, whence English companion. # The sense of 'boyfriend' is by ellipsis of petit copain.
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