Etymology

rhizocompartment

Today it means: Either of the environments occupied by plant roots: rhizoplane, rhizosphere and the surrounding soil. Full definition →

English compartment ← Middle French compartiment ← Italian compartimento
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*wréh₂ds
  2. Ancient Greekῥῐ́ζᾰ (rhĭ́ză)
  3. Englishrhizo-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  5. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  6. Proto-Italic*kom
  7. Proto-Italic*kom-
  8. Latincom-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*perh₃-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*pérh₃tis?
  11. Proto-Italic*partis
  12. Latinpars
  13. Latinpartiō
  14. Latinpartior
  15. Latincompartīrī
  16. Italiancompartire
  17. Italiancompartimento
  18. Middle Frenchcompartiment
  19. Englishcompartment
  20. English todayrhizocompartment

From rhizo- + compartment.

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