English
histocompatible
From histo- + compatible.
Formed from histo- + compatible
Late Latin patior ‘to suffer’
Late Latin compator ‘to suffer with’
Medieval Latin compatibilis ‘in compatibile beneficium, a benefice which…’
Anglo-Norman compatible
Middle English compatible
English compatible
Today it means
adj Of two individuals, having compatible antigens, and thus being able to transplant organs.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / histocompatible