Meanings
nouncompartmentalist (plural compartmentalists)
plural compartmentalists
- A person who has a tendency to compartmentalise
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
- Proto-Italic*kom
- Proto-Italic*kom-
- Latincom-
- Proto-Indo-European*perh₃-
- Proto-Indo-European*pérh₃tis?
- Proto-Italic*partis
- Latinpars
- Latinpartiō
- Latinpartior
- Latincompartīrī
- Italiancompartire
- Italiancompartimento
- Middle Frenchcompartiment
- Englishcompartment
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishcompartmental
- Englishcompartmentalist
From compartmental + -ist.
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compartmentalist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/compartmentalist
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“compartmentalist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/compartmentalist. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “compartmentalist,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/compartmentalist.
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