English
rhizocompartment
Rhizocompartment comes from Italian compartimento ‘district’, from compartire ‘to divide, to share’, and ultimately from Latin compartīrī.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcompartīrī
- Italianc. 1300–presentcompartire‘to divide, to share’
- Italian, derivedc. 1300–presentcompartimento‘district’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600compartiment
- English1500–presentcompartment
- Englishtodayrhizocompartment
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcompartīrī
- Italianc. 1300–presentcompartire‘to divide, to share’
- Italian, derivedc. 1300–presentcompartimento‘district’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600compartiment
- English1500–presentcompartment
- Englishtodayrhizocompartment
A compound of com- + partiō ‘to share, part, apportion’ + partior
Proto-Indo-European *perh₃- ‘to provide, produce, beget’
Proto-Indo-European *pérh₃tis
Proto-Italic *partis ‘part’
Latin pars ‘a part, portion, piece, share’
Latin partiō ‘to share, part, apportion’
Proto-Indo-European *perh₃- ‘to provide, produce, beget’
Proto-Indo-European *pérh₃tis
Proto-Italic *partis ‘part’
Latin pars ‘a part, portion, piece, share’
Latin partiō ‘to share, part, apportion’
Latin partior
Every English word from Latin compartīrī
Today it means
noun Either of the environments occupied by plant roots: rhizoplane, rhizosphere and the surrounding soil.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin compartīrī / rhizocompartment