compartmentable

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adjective

Able to be divided into separate compartments, or (figurative) separate conceptual areas.

OriginEnglish compartment ← Middle French compartiment ← Italian compartimento →
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Meanings

adjectivecompartmentable (not comparable)
  1. not comparableAble to be divided into separate compartments, or (figurative) separate conceptual areas.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kom
  4. Proto-Italic*kom-
  5. Latincom-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*perh₃-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*pérh₃tis?
  8. Proto-Italic*partis
  9. Latinpars
  10. Latinpartiō
  11. Latinpartior
  12. Latincompartīrī
  13. Italiancompartire
  14. Italiancompartimento
  15. Middle Frenchcompartiment
  16. Englishcompartment
  17. Englishcompartmentable

From compartment + -able.

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APA

compartmentable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/compartmentable

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “compartmentable,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/compartmentable.

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