compatible
com·pa·tible
adjective
able to exist and perform in harmonious or agreeable combination
- “a compatible married couple”
- “her deeds were compatible with her ideology”
having similar disposition and tastes
- “a compatible married couple”
- “with their many similar tastes, he found her a most sympathetic companion”
capable of being used with or connected to other devices or components without modification
(of a couple) existing together harmoniously
capable of forming a homogeneous mixture that neither separates nor is altered by chemical interaction
Origin
Inherited from Middle English compatible, fron Anglo-Norman compatible, from Medieval Latin compatibilis (“in compatibile beneficium, a benefice which could be held together with another one”), from Late Latin compator (“to suffer with”), from com- (“together”) + pati (“to suffer”); see passion.
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