Etymology

miscompartmentalization

Today it means: Incorrect or inappropriate compartmentalization Full definition →

English compartmentalization ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← Middle French compartiment
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*mey-?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*meyth₂-
  3. Proto-Germanic*missaz
  4. Proto-Germanic*missa-
  5. Proto-West Germanic*missa-
  6. Old Englishmis-
  7. Middle Englishmys-
  8. Englishmis-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  10. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  11. Proto-Italic*kom
  12. Proto-Italic*kom-
  13. Latincom-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*perh₃-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*pérh₃tis?
  16. Proto-Italic*partis
  17. Latinpars
  18. Latinpartiō
  19. Latinpartior
  20. Latincompartīrī
  21. Italiancompartire
  22. Italiancompartimento
  23. Middle Frenchcompartiment
  24. Englishcompartment
  25. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  26. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  27. Englishcompartmental
  28. Englishcompartmentalize
  29. Englishcompartmentalization
  30. English todaymiscompartmentalization

From mis- + compartmentalization.

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