Where does “incompressibility” come from?
incompressibility (English) comes from English compressibility, from English compress, from Middle French compresse, from Late Latin compressare, from Latin compressus, from Latin comprimō, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum — resin, gum; to say, speak.
incompressibility (English): The quality of being incompressible, of not...
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- The quality of being incompressible, of not...
Ancestry of “incompressibility”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | compressibility | The degree to which something is compressible;... |
| 2 | English | compress | To make smaller; to press or squeeze together, or... |
| 3 | Middle French | compresse | — |
| 4 | Late Latin | compressare | to press hard/together |
| 5 | Latin | compressus | compressed, restrained, repressed |
| 6 | Latin | comprimō | to compress (squeeze together) |
| 7 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 8 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 9 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 13 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 14 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 15 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 16 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 17 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |