The process of making someone a companion or treating them as a friend and equal.
From 'companion' (from Old French 'compain', literally 'one who shares bread') plus the suffix '-ize' (from Greek 'izein', meaning to make or become). The '-ing' form shows the action in progress.
The word reveals how 'companion' literally meant someone you ate bread with—sharing meals was so fundamental to friendship that Europeans built an entire concept around it.
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