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Originally Posted by Casiopea   I'll have to come up with some. Word is my favorite. 
Right. Superman is the favored example on that one. 
And... you lost me. 
All the best.  |
I left out the final bit of the derivation. The Celtic
ga hlaiba meant 'someone you shared bread with'. The speakers of Latin maintained that idea in
companione(m). The idea of eating together is vestigial (if it's there at all) in 'companion', 'compagnon', 'compaņero' etc.
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