Etymology

microcompartment

Today it means: Any of many small enclosures within most cells having a shell of protein; an organelle Full definition →

English compartment ← Middle French compartiment ← Italian compartimento
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*mey-der.?
  2. Ancient Greekμῑκρός (mīkrós)
  3. Ancient Greekμῑκρο- (mīkro-)
  4. Englishmicro-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  6. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  7. Proto-Italic*kom
  8. Proto-Italic*kom-
  9. Latincom-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*perh₃-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*pérh₃tis?
  12. Proto-Italic*partis
  13. Latinpars
  14. Latinpartiō
  15. Latinpartior
  16. Latincompartīrī
  17. Italiancompartire
  18. Italiancompartimento
  19. Middle Frenchcompartiment
  20. Englishcompartment
  21. English todaymicrocompartment

From micro- + compartment.

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