Where does “kumpleanyos” come from?
kumpleanyos (Bikol Central) comes from Spanish cumpleaños, from Spanish cumple, from Spanish cumplir, from Old Spanish cumplir, from Latin complere, from Latin compleo, from Latin com-, from Latin con- — resin.
Ancestry of “kumpleanyos”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | cumpleaños | birthday |
| 2 | Spanish | cumple | Clipping of cumpleaños |
| 3 | Spanish | cumplir | to fulfil, to fulfill, to meet; to achieve, to... |
| 4 | Old Spanish | cumplir | — |
| 5 | Latin | complere | present active infinitive of compleō;... |
| 6 | Latin | compleo | I fill up, fill full, fill out; make up,... |
| 7 | Latin | com- | allomorph of con- |
| 8 | Latin | con- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing... |
| 9 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 10 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 14 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 15 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 16 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 17 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 18 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |