English
subcompartment
Subcompartment comes from Middle French compartiment, from Italian compartimento ‘district’, 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
- Englishtodaysubcompartment
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcompartīrī
- Italianc. 1300–presentcompartire‘to divide, to share’
- Italian, derivedc. 1300–presentcompartimento‘district’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600compartiment
- English1500–presentcompartment
- Englishtodaysubcompartment
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 A compartment that is part of a larger one
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin compartīrī / subcompartment