Meanings
verbsubcompartmentalize (third-person singular simple present subcompartmentalizes, present participle subcompartmentalizing, simple past and past participle subcompartmentalized)
present singular third person subcompartmentalizes · participle present subcompartmentalizing · participle past subcompartmentalized · past subcompartmentalized
- To divide into subcompartments.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*upó
- Proto-Italic*supo
- Latinsub
- Latinsub-
- Englishsub-
- 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
- Englishsubcompartmentalize
From sub- + compartmentalize.
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APA
subcompartmentalize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subcompartmentalize
MLA
“subcompartmentalize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subcompartmentalize. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “subcompartmentalize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subcompartmentalize.
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