compañía

/kompaˈɲia/ · A2 · noun · f

company

🏢 com + pan = with bread: those you share bread with

From Latin com (with) + panis (bread): a companion was someone you ate bread with. Spanish pan still means bread, so compañía is the group that breaks bread together, hence a business firm. Same root as English company.

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