compartmentalise

English

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

English -ise

English compartmentalise

From compartmental + -ise.

Verb

compartmentalise (third-person singular simple present compartmentalises, present participle compartmentalising, simple past and past participle compartmentalised)

1. Non-Oxford British standard spelling of compartmentalize.

Derived terms

• compartmentalisation
• decompartmentalise
• subcompartmentalise