compositionality

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English composition

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālisbor.

Old French -albor.

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Latin -ālis

Old French -elbor.

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Latin -ālisbor.

Middle English -al

English -al

English compositional

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-ts

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts

Latin -itāsder.

Old French -itebor.

Middle English -ite

English -ity

English compositionality

From compositional + -ity.

Noun

compositionality (uncountable)

1. (especially logic, semantics, mathematics) The property of being compositional.

   Antonym: non-compositionality

   Coordinate term: (in pragmatics) contextuality

See also

• sum of its parts
• sum of parts