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Where does “subcompartmentalization” come from?

subcompartmentalization (English) comes from English compartmentalization, from English compartmentalize, from English compartmental, from English compartment, from Middle French compartiment, from Italian compartimento, from Italian compartire, from Latin compartior — resin.

subcompartmentalization (English): The formation of subcompartments

Definitions

  1. The formation of subcompartments

Ancestry of “subcompartmentalization”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcompartmentalizationThe act or process of dividing a complex task or...
2EnglishcompartmentalizeTo separate something into different categories...
3EnglishcompartmentalOf, pertaining to, or constructed from...
4EnglishcompartmentA room, or section, or chamber; One of the parts...
5Middle Frenchcompartiment—
6Italiancompartimentodistrict
7ItaliancompartireTo divide or share
8LatincompartiorI share
9Latincom-allomorph of con-
10Latincon-Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing...
11Latincumwith, along with; at; -fold
12Old LatincomAlternative form of cum
13Proto-Italickomwith, along, at
14Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
15Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
16Middle Englishkyt—
17Germankitt—
18Old High Germankuti—
19Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
20Proto-Germanickweduzresin
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