Etymology

compartmentalizable

Today it means: Capable of being compartmentalized. Full definition →

English compartmentalize ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← Middle French compartiment
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kom
  4. Proto-Italic*kom-
  5. Latincom-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*perh₃-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*pérh₃tis?
  8. Proto-Italic*partis
  9. Latinpars
  10. Latinpartiō
  11. Latinpartior
  12. Latincompartīrī
  13. Italiancompartire
  14. Italiancompartimento
  15. Middle Frenchcompartiment
  16. Englishcompartment
  17. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  18. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  19. Englishcompartmental
  20. Englishcompartmentalize
  21. English todaycompartmentalizable

From compartmentalize + -able.

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