
English word compose comes from Latin com-, Latin ponere, Latin pono (I ordain. I place, put, lay. I set up, pitch (camp).)
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com- (Latin)
ponere (Latin)
pono (Latin)
I ordain. I place, put, lay. I set up, pitch (camp).
compono (Latin)
I arrange, compile, compose, make up.. I construct, build.. I organize, order.. I settle.
composer (Old French)
To come to an agreement. To compose; to create; to make; to manufacture.
compose (English)
(printing, dated) To arrange (types) in a composing stick for printing; to typeset.. (sometimes, reflexive) To calm; to free from agitation.. (transitive) To make something by merging parts. [from later 15th c.]. (transitive) To make up the whole; to constitute.. (transitive, nonstandard) To comprise.. (transitive, or, intransitive) To construct by mental labor; to think up; particularly, to [...]