Etymograph

English

compinge

Compinge comes from Latin compingere.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcompingere1
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1624compinge1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English compinge
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1624, Democritus Junior pseudonym; Robert Burt, The Anatomy of Melancholy: […]: “Into what straits hath it been compinged”.

Earlier history not traced here. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcompingereWiktionary, English compinge
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1624compingeWiktionary, English compinge. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1624, Democritus Junior pseudonym; Robert Burt, The Anatomy of Melancholy: […]: “Into what straits hath it been compinged”

Linked words

through Latin compingere

compaction

Today it means

verb To compress; to shut up (confine).

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “compinge”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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