Company Definition
- to associate (with)
- to go together; associate habitually
- to stay with (a person) so as to provide companionship
- to stop associating (with)
- to separate and go in different directions
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Company
- keep company
- keep (a person) company
- part company
Origin of Company
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From Old French compaignie (“companionship”) (Modern French: compagnie), possibly from Late Latin *compania, but this word is not attested. Old French compaignie is equivalent to Old French compaignon (Modern French: compagnon) + -ie. More at companion.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English compainie from Old French compaignie from Vulgar Latin compānia from compāniō companion companion1
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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