compatible English · revision 10753

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1459|origins=frm compatible|origins=la-med compatibilis}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: UK /kəmˈpæt.ə.bəl/, US /kəmˈpæt̬.ə.bəl/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|frm|compatible]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Hoad 1986)^(MWU 2024) from Medieval Latin compatibilis,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) from Late Latin compatī, to suffer with, have compassion (see [[compassion]]).^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) In Medieval Latin a beneficium compatibile was a church benefice that could be held together with another.^(Hoad 1986)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Sympathetic, sharing in suffering: 1459 in Barnhart, 1490 in the OED, now obsolete.^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The meaning able to exist together is first recorded in 1532, in Thomas More,^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989) and of church benefices, able to be held together, from 1559.^(OED 1989) Technical and scientific uses, as of blood or of grafts, are from 1899.^(OED 1989)^(Collins 2023) Of computers and other devices, able to work with each other, is a modern sense.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023) ''Compatibility'' is from 1611, in Cotgrave.^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1459 – sympathetic.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1532 – able to coexist.^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1559 – of benefices.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1611 – compatibility.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1899 – scientific uses.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Able to exist or live together without conflict.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Consistent or in agreement: ''compatible with the facts''.^(Collins 2023)

+ # Of equipment or [[software]], able to work with another device or system.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Of blood, tissue or plants, able to combine without rejection.^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[compatibility]]

+ * [[compatibly]]

+ * [[compatibleness]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[compassion]]

+ * [[passion]]

+ * [[patient]]

+ * [[incompatible]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}