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com ponere
Latin · ancient
"to put together"
to put together, from com- (together) and ponere (to place)
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composer
Old French · medieval
"to arrange parts into a whole"
carried into French for arranging parts into a whole
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compose
English · 1400s
"to create something by putting parts together"
settled as the English word for creating something by putting parts together
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