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Where does “compartimento” come from?

compartimento (Italian) comes from Italian compartire, from Latin compartior, from Latin com-, from Latin con-, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com, from Proto-Italic kom, from Proto-Indo-European ḱóm — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

compartimento (Italian): district

Definitions

  1. district

Ancestry of “compartimento”, step by step

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

Words derived from “compartimento”

  • compartment
  • compartmentalization
  • compartmentalize
  • compartmental
  • compartmentation
  • compartmentalisation
  • compartmented
  • unicompartmental
  • compartmentalise
  • multicompartment
  • subcompartment
  • intercompartmental
  • multicompartmental
  • compartmentally
  • noncompartmental
  • decompartmentalization
  • decompartmentalize
  • intercompartment
  • compartmentalizer
  • microcompartment
  • bicompartmental
  • subcompartmentalization
  • decompartmentalise
  • compartmentectomy
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