Etymology

subcompartmentalization

Today it means: The formation of subcompartments. Full definition →

English compartmentalization ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← Middle French compartiment
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*upó
  2. Proto-Italic*supo
  3. Latinsub
  4. Latinsub-
  5. Englishsub-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  7. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  8. Proto-Italic*kom
  9. Proto-Italic*kom-
  10. Latincom-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*perh₃-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*pérh₃tis?
  13. Proto-Italic*partis
  14. Latinpars
  15. Latinpartiō
  16. Latinpartior
  17. Latincompartīrī
  18. Italiancompartire
  19. Italiancompartimento
  20. Middle Frenchcompartiment
  21. Englishcompartment
  22. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  23. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  24. Englishcompartmental
  25. Englishcompartmentalize
  26. Englishcompartmentalization
  27. English todaysubcompartmentalization

From sub- + compartmentalization.

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