extracompartmental

adjective

Outside of a compartment

Opposite
intracompartmental
OriginEnglish compartmental ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← Middle French compartiment →
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Meanings

adjectiveextracompartmental (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOutside of a compartment

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite
intracompartmental

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₁eǵʰsteros
  4. Proto-Italic*eksteros
  5. Latinexter
  6. Latinextrā
  7. Englishextra-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  9. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  10. Proto-Italic*kom
  11. Proto-Italic*kom-
  12. Latincom-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*perh₃-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*pérh₃tis?
  15. Proto-Italic*partis
  16. Latinpars
  17. Latinpartiō
  18. Latinpartior
  19. Latincompartīrī
  20. Italiancompartire
  21. Italiancompartimento
  22. Middle Frenchcompartiment
  23. Englishcompartment
  24. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  25. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  26. Englishcompartmental
  27. Englishextracompartmental

From extra- + compartmental.

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