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Where does “compartmentation” come from?

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

compartmentation (English): division into compartments; Establishment and...

Definitions

  1. division into compartments; Establishment and...

Ancestry of “compartmentation”, step by step

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