'compostable' originates from the word 'compost,' which comes from the Latin word 'componere,' where 'com-' meant 'together' and 'ponere' meant 'to place.'

'compost' changed from the Old French word 'composte' and eventually became the modern English word 'compost.'

Initially, it meant 'to place together,' but over time it evolved into its current meaning of 'material that can be decomposed into organic matter.'