companionway

(-wā′)

noun

a stairway leading from one deck of a ship to another

Origin: companion + way

See companionway in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
Nautical

A staircase leading from a deck to the cabins or area below.

Origin:

Origin: From companion, framed windows above a hatchway, companionway

Origin: , probably alteration of obsolete Dutch kompanje

Origin: , from Old French compagne, steward's cabin, storeroom

Origin: , from Old Italian (camera della) compagna, (cabin for) provisions, pantry

Origin: , from Vulgar Latin *compānia, things eaten with bread

Origin: : Latin com-, com-

Origin: + Latin pānis, bread; see Companion ¹

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