'Company' literally meant 'bread-sharers' — every corporation is etymologically a group sharing a meal.
A commercial business; also, the fact or condition of being with another person or people; companionship.
From Old French 'compagnie' (companionship, body of soldiers), from Late Latin 'compānia,' a compound of 'com-' (together, with) + 'pānis' (bread), from PIE *peh₂- (to feed, to protect). The literal meaning is 'those who break bread together' — companions are people who share a meal. A company was originally a group of people bound by the intimate act of eating together, before it became a group bound by commercial purpose. Key roots