[Sca-cooks] Service and Kraut questions from Gwen Cat

[JIMCHEVAL at aol.com]

Sorry. A bit sleepy, or I wouldn't have mixed Latin with French. But  
actually either way it's "cum", originally, on the Latin side: "formé  du lat. 
cum « avec » (préf. con-*)  et de panis  (pain*)"
 
The TLF explores the Germanic roots:
_http://atilf.atilf.fr/dendien/scripts/tlfiv5/advanced.exe?8;s=2222668485_ 
(http://atilf.atilf.fr/dendien/scripts/tlfiv5/advanced.exe?8;s=2222668485) ;

Illustrations  from the Early middle ages? The only ones I know of are 
carvings on sarcophagi,  at least in France. What are the others?
 
I don't think the two person a bowl practice came until towards the end, at 
 any rate.
 
Jim  Chevallier
www.chezjim.com

Newly translated from Pierre Jean-Baptiste  Le Grand d'Aussy:
Eggs, Cheese and Butter in Old Regime France  

 
In a message dated 2/8/2013 9:03:57 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
t.d.decker at att.net writes:

Companion from the late Latin "com" (together) + "panis"  (bread). 
...Illustrations from the Early Middle Ages are more  
difficult to analyze.

Bear

>  For a long  time,
> two  people shared a bowl ("companion" is supposedly from  "com pain";