Meanings
adjectiveintercompartment (not comparable)
- not comparableintercompartmental (between compartments)
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁n̥tér
- Proto-Italic*n̥ter
- Latininter
- Latininter-
- Englishinter-
- 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
- Englishintercompartment
From inter- + compartment.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
APA
intercompartment. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intercompartment
MLA
“intercompartment.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intercompartment. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “intercompartment,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intercompartment.
Source: intercompartment on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.