Etymograph

English

incompact

From in- + compact.

Formed from in- + compact

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Germanic *in ‘into’

English in-

Latin compactum ‘agreement’

English compact

Today it means

adj Not compact; not having the parts firmly united; incoherent or loose.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / incompact