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[–] Limerance@piefed.social 29 points 4 days ago (2 children)
[–] CombatWombat@feddit.online 11 points 3 days ago

If the "pa" part of "companion" comes from path it's basically exactly the same: "s" and "co" are both "with" and "nik" and "ion" are similar noun endings.