Where does “compatible” come from?
Compatible comes from Middle French compatible, from Latin compatibilis, derived from Latin compati meaning to suffer together.
compatible (English): Capable of easy interaction; Able to get along...
Definitions
- Capable of easy interaction; Able to get along...
Ancestry of “compatible”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | compatible | compatible; reconcilable |
| 2 | Anglo-Norman | compatible | — |
| 3 | Medieval Latin | compatibilis | in "compatible beneficium", a benefice which... |
| 4 | Late Latin | compator | — |
| 5 | Latin | com- | allomorph of con- |
| 6 | Latin | con- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing... |
| 7 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 8 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 12 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 13 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 14 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 15 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 16 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
Words derived from “compatible”
- compatibility
- histocompatibility
- biocompatibility
- biocompatible
- compatibilist
- compatibly
- compatibilizer
- compatibilization
- hemocompatibility
- histocompatible
- noncompatible
- cytocompatibility
- compatibilize
- haemocompatibility
- hemocompatible
- cytocompatible
- compatibiliser
- immunocompatibility
- immunocompatible
- uncompatible
- compatibilise
- compatibleness
- uncompatibility
- serocompatible