kumpan.
associate, friend, crony
Meaning & usage
associate, friend, crony
Where this word comes from
From Old Swedish kompan, kumpan, kompon, from Middle Low German kumpān, from Old French compain, compaing, from Late Latin compāniō (literally “he with whom one shares one's bread”), from com- + pānis (with + bread). Cognate of German Kumpan, Kumpel, Icelandic kumpánn, kompánn, Polish kompan. Doublet of kompani and kompanjon.
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