Comes

Comes (/ˈkoʊmiːz/ KOH-meez, pl.: comites, /ˈkɒmɪtiːz/ KOM-i-teez) was a Roman title or office, and the origin Latin form of the medieval and modern title "count".

This article is about the Roman and feudal title. For other uses, see Comes (disambiguation).

Before becoming a word for various types of title or office, the word originally meant "companion", either individually or as a member of a collective denominated a "comitatus", especially the suite of a magnate, being in some instances sufficiently large and/or formal to justify specific denomination, e.g. a "cohors amicorum". "Comes" derives from "com-" ("with") and "ire" ("go").

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