compact
/ˈkɒmpækt/KOM-pakt
/ˈkɑmpækt/KAHM-pakt
Meaningfixed together
Common meaning: closely packed
Other meanings: an agreement
- comwith, together
- pactto fix fast; to agree onLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1297 · scan
‘with, together’ + ‘to fix fast’ → compact
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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Origin: Built on Latin pangō ‘to fix fast; to agree on’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry pangō, p. 1297 · dictionary scan
Roots
- pangō, pepigī, pāctum Latin “to fix fast; to agree on”
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