tricompartmental

adjective

Relating to three compartments (typically, of the knee)

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

adjectivetricompartmental (not comparable)
  1. not comparableRelating to three compartments (typically, of the knee)

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*tréyes
  2. Proto-Indo-European*tri-
  3. Proto-Italic*tri-
  4. Latintri-
  5. Englishtri-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  7. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  8. Proto-Italic*kom
  9. Proto-Italic*kom-
  10. Latincom-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*perh₃-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*pérh₃tis?
  13. Proto-Italic*partis
  14. Latinpars
  15. Latinpartiō
  16. Latinpartior
  17. Latincompartīrī
  18. Italiancompartire
  19. Italiancompartimento
  20. Middle Frenchcompartiment
  21. Englishcompartment
  22. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  23. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  24. Englishcompartmental
  25. Englishtricompartmental

From tri- + compartmental.

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APA

tricompartmental. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tricompartmental

MLA

“tricompartmental.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tricompartmental. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tricompartmental,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tricompartmental.

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