'web-compatible' originates from the combination of 'web,' referring to the World Wide Web, and 'compatible,' from Latin 'compatibilis,' meaning 'capable of existing together in harmony.'

'Compatible' changed from the Latin word 'compatibilis' and eventually became the modern English word 'compatible.'

Initially, 'compatible' meant 'capable of existing together in harmony,' and this meaning has largely remained the same in modern usage.