Etymology

compactify

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Today it means: To become compact or more compact. Full definition →

Proto-Italic *θakos ← Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ← English compact
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The story

  1. Middle Frenchcompact
  2. Englishcompact
  3. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  4. Proto-Italic*θakos
  5. English todaycompactify

From compact + -ify.

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