compartmental en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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- /kɒmpɑːtˈmɛntəl/
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin com- Proto-Indo-European *perh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *pérh₃tis? Proto-Italic *partis Latin pars Proto-Indo-European *-yétider. Latin -iō Latin partiō Latin partior Latin compartīrībor. Italian compartire Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Italian -mento Italian compartimentobor. Middle French compartimentder. English compartment English -al English compartmental From compartment + -al.
Meanings
- (not-comparable) Of, pertaining to, or constructed from compartments
Deriveds
extracompartmental · noncompartmental · unicompartmental · intercompartmental · biocompartmental · subcompartmental · bicompartmental · intracompartmental · compartmentalism · transcompartmental · multicompartmental · compartmentalise · tricompartmental · compartmentally · rhizocompartmental · compartmentalize