Where does “tricompartmental” come from?

tricompartmental (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,...

tricompartmental (English): Relating to three compartments (typically, of the knee)

Definitions

  1. Relating to three compartments (typically, of the knee)

Ancestry of “tricompartmental”, 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
15Germankittputty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes
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,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gū-