Etymology

microcompartmentalization

Today it means: The process of organizing biochemical reactions into small, separated regions inside a cell or engineered system. Full definition →

English compartmentalization ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← Middle French compartiment
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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. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  22. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  23. Englishcompartmental
  24. Englishcompartmentalize
  25. Englishcompartmentalization
  26. English todaymicrocompartmentalization

From micro- + compartmentalization.

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