composite English · revision 15139

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=probably before 1400|origins=la pōnō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: UK /ˈkɒm.pə.zɪt/, US /kəmˈpɑː.zɪt/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|fro|composite]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(NODE 1998) from [[la|compositus|t=placed together]], the past participle of [[m|la|compōnō|t=to put together, arrange]], from [[m|la|com-|t=together]] and [[m|la|pōnō|t=to put, place]] (see [[position]]).^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) It is a doublet of [[compost]] and [[compote]].^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Made up of distinct parts: probably before 1400 in Barnhart, about 1400 in Etymonline.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) The noun, a compound number, is also probably from before 1400,^(Barnhart 1988) and the NODE gives the first use as describing a number of more than one digit.^(NODE 1998)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Middle English had ''nombrys composyt'', with French word order, about 1400, and ''composite number'', one with factors, is from 1730.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) The Composite order of architecture, combining Ionic and Corinthian, is from 1563.^(OED 1989)^(MWU 2024) The general sense, made of various parts, is from 1678 in the OED.^(OED 1989) A ''composite photograph'', printed from several negatives, is from 1884.^(Etymonline) The verb, to combine resolutions put before a party conference, is from 1962.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * probably before 1400 – composite (adjective, noun).^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1563 – the Composite order.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1730 – composite number.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1884 – composite photograph.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1962 – to composite (verb).^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Made up of distinct parts; [[compound]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # ''(botany)'' Of the [[daisy]] family, Asteraceae.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # ''(mathematics)'' Able to be factorized: ''a composite number''.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # ''(architecture)'' Of the Composite order, which combines Ionic and Corinthian styles.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ===Noun===

+ # Something made of distinct components.^(AHD)

+ # A material such as [[fibreglass]] in which distinct substances combine to give better properties.^(AHD)

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+ ===Verb===

+ # ''(British)'' To combine resolutions put before a party conference.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[compositely]]

+ * [[compositeness]]

+ * [[noncomposite]]

+ * [[composite function]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[compose]]

+ * [[composition]]

+ * [[compost]]

+ * [[compote]]

+ * [[position]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}