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[–] lime@feddit.nu 13 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] Limerance@piefed.social 29 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] CombatWombat@feddit.online 11 points 1 week 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.

[–] CombatWombat@feddit.online 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I might translate it that way in some contexts, but if you told me Lewis and Clark were "sputniks" I'd assume you meant they got married in secret, rather than that they were explorers.

Especially now that I found out it involves a bacon cheese sausage somehow