Etymology

intercompartment

Today it means: intercompartmental (between compartments) Full definition →

English compartment ← Middle French compartiment ← Italian compartimento
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁n̥tér
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥ter
  4. Latininter
  5. Latininter-
  6. Englishinter-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  8. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  9. Proto-Italic*kom
  10. Proto-Italic*kom-
  11. Latincom-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*perh₃-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*pérh₃tis?
  14. Proto-Italic*partis
  15. Latinpars
  16. Latinpartiō
  17. Latinpartior
  18. Latincompartīrī
  19. Italiancompartire
  20. Italiancompartimento
  21. Middle Frenchcompartiment
  22. Englishcompartment
  23. English todayintercompartment

From inter- + compartment.

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