Meanings
verbrecompartmentalize (third-person singular simple present recompartmentalizes, present participle recompartmentalizing, simple past and past participle recompartmentalized)
present singular third person recompartmentalizes · participle present recompartmentalizing · participle past recompartmentalized · past recompartmentalized
- To compartmentalize again or further
Origin
- Proto-Italic*wre-
- Latinre-
- Old Frenchre-
- Middle Englishre-
- Englishre-
- 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
- Englishcompartmentalize
- Englishrecompartmentalize
From re- + compartmentalize.
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APA
recompartmentalize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recompartmentalize
MLA
“recompartmentalize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recompartmentalize. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “recompartmentalize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recompartmentalize.
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