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Where does “compartmentally” come from?

compartmentally (English) comes from English compartmental, from English compartment, from Middle French compartiment, from Italian compartimento, from Italian compartire, from Latin compartior, from Latin com-, from Latin con- — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

compartmentally (English): one compartment at a time

Definitions

  1. one compartment at a time

Ancestry of “compartmentally”, step by step

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