compadre

• n. 朋友；密友

com-, 强调。-padre, 父亲，词源同father. 原用于宗教义，教父，后用于口语，老兄。比较gossip.

compadre (n.)

"companion," 1834, American English, from Spanish compadre "godfather," hence "benefactor, friend," from Medieval Latin compater, from com- "with" (see com-) + pater "father" (see father (n.). Compare compere, also gossip (n.).