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Where does “compartmentalizable” come from?

compartmentalizable (English) comes from English compartmentalize, from English compartmental, from English compartment, from Middle French compartiment, from Italian compartimento, from Italian compartire, from Latin compartior, from Latin com- — resin, gum; to say, speak.

compartmentalizable (English): Capable of being compartmentalized

Definitions

  1. Capable of being compartmentalized

Ancestry of “compartmentalizable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcompartmentalizeTo separate something into different categories...
2EnglishcompartmentalOf, pertaining to, or constructed from...
3EnglishcompartmentA room, or section, or chamber; One of the parts...
4Middle Frenchcompartiment—
5Italiancompartimentodistrict
6ItaliancompartireTo divide or share
7LatincompartiorI share
8Latincom-allomorph of con-
9Latincon-Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing...
10Latincumwith, along with; at; -fold
11Old LatincomAlternative form of cum
12Proto-Italickomwith, along, at
13Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
14Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
15Middle Englishkyt—
16Germankitt—
17Old High Germankuti—
18Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
19Proto-Germanickweduzresin
20Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak
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