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
- Capable of being compartmentalized
Ancestry of “compartmentalizable”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | compartmentalize | To separate something into different categories... |
| 2 | English | compartmental | Of, pertaining to, or constructed from... |
| 3 | English | compartment | A room, or section, or chamber; One of the parts... |
| 4 | Middle French | compartiment | — |
| 5 | Italian | compartimento | district |
| 6 | Italian | compartire | To divide or share |
| 7 | Latin | compartior | I share |
| 8 | Latin | com- | allomorph of con- |
| 9 | Latin | con- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing... |
| 10 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 11 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 15 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 16 | German | kitt | — |
| 17 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 18 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 19 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 20 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |