Where does “incompatibilidade” come from?
incompatibilidade (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese compatibilidade, from Portuguese compatível, from French compatible, from Middle French compatible, from Medieval Latin compatibilis, from Late Latin compator, from Latin com-, from Latin con- — whale, sea monster; abyss.
incompatibilidade (Portuguese): incompatibility
Ancestry of “incompatibilidade”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Portuguese | compatibilidade | compatibility; consistency |
| 2 | Portuguese | compatível | compatible |
| 3 | French | compatible | compatible |
| 4 | Middle French | compatible | compatible |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | compatibilis | in "compatible beneficium", a benefice which... |
| 6 | Late Latin | compator | — |
| 7 | Latin | com- | allomorph of con- |
| 8 | Latin | con- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing... |
| 9 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 10 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 14 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 15 | Russian | кит | whale; genitive plural of ки́та |
| 16 | Old Church Slavonic | китъ | whale |
| 17 | Ancient Greek | κῆτος | whale, sea monster; abyss |