compater

Latin

Etymology

From com- (“joint”) +‎ pater (“father”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkom.pa.ter/, [ˈkɔmpät̪ɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkom.pa.ter/, [ˈkɔmpät̪er]

Noun

compater m (genitive compatris); third declension

1. (Late Latin) godfather (in relation to godchild or fellow godparent or parent)
2. (informal) a male companion, buddy

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	compater	compatrēs
Genitive	compatris	compatrum
Dative	compatrī	compatribus
Accusative	compatrem	compatrēs
Ablative	compatre	compatribus
Vocative	compater	compatrēs

Coordinate terms

• commāter

Descendants

• Catalan: compare
• → Old English: cumpæder
• Old French: comper, conper
  • Middle French: comper
    • → Middle English: comper
      • English: compeer
    • French: compère
      • → Belizean Creole: kompeh
      • → English: compere, compère
      • → Greek: κομπέρ (kompér)
• Italian: compare
• Neapolitan: cumpà
  • → English: goombah
  • → Spanish: cumpa
• Old Galician-Portuguese: compadre, conpadre
  • Galician: compadre
  • Portuguese: compadre
• Old Spanish: cuémpadre
  • Spanish: compadre (see there for further descendants)
• Sicilian: cumpari
• → Proto-Slavic: *kъmotrъ
  • Czech: kmotr
  • Slovak: kmotor
  • Lower Sorbian: kmótš
  • Polish: kmotr
  • ⇒? *kumъ
    • Macedonian: кум (kum)
    • Russian: кум (kum)
      • → Latvian: kūma, kūmas (“godparent”)
    • Serbo-Croatian: kȗm / ку̑м
    • ⇒ *kuma f (“godmother”)
      • Macedonian: кума (kuma)
      • Polish: kuma
      • Russian: кума (kuma)
      • Serbo-Croatian: kuma / кума
• Venetan: conpare
  • → Greek: κουμπάρος (koumpáros)

References

• R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “compater”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎^[1], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC
• compater in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• compater in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• Keith Sidwell (1995), Reading Medieval Latin (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press)