compaignie

Middle English

Noun

compaignie

Alternative form of companye

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French compaignie.

Noun

compaignie f (plural compaignies)

company (state of being with other people)
(somewhat euphemistic) company (sexual liaison)
company (group of knights, approximately equivalent to a modern military company)

Descendants

French: compagnie (see there for further descendants)

References

Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (compagnie, supplement)

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