English Explanatory Dictionary

compartmental

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of, pertaining to, or constructed from compartments

Pronunciation

/kɒmpɑːtˈmɛntəl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-compartmental.wav

Word forms

compartmental

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin com- Proto-Indo-European *perh₃-der.? Proto-Italic *partis Latin pars Latin partiō Latin partior Latin compartīrībor. Italian compartire Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-məntom Latin -mentum Italian -mento Italian compartimentobor. Middle French compartimentder. English compartment Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English compartmental From compartment + -al.

Derived words

bicompartmental biocompartmental compartmentalise compartmentalism compartmentalize compartmentally extracompartmental intercompartmental intracompartmental multicompartmental noncompartmental rhizocompartmental subcompartmental transcompartmental tricompartmental unicompartmental
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