Where does “clausal complement” come from?
clausal complement (English) comes from English complement, from Latin complementum, from Latin compleō, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com, from Proto-Italic kom, from Proto-Indo-European ḱóm — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
clausal complement (English): A complement which is a dependent clause
Definitions
- A complement which is a dependent clause
Ancestry of “clausal complement”, step by step
clausal complement traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English complement
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | complement | Something that completes; the consummation; The... |
| 2 | Latin | complementum | complement |
| 3 | Latin | compleō | to fill up, fill full, fill out; make up, complete |
| 4 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 5 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 6 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 10 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 11 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 12 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 13 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 14 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via English clausal
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | clausal | Of, pertaining to, or constructed using clauses |
| 2 | English | clause | A verb, its necessary grammatical arguments, and... |
| 3 | French | clause | clause |
| 4 | German | Klausel | term; clause |
| 5 | Spanish | cláusula | clause |
| 6 | Portuguese | cláusula | clause |
| 7 | Italian | clausola | clause, codicil |
| 8 | Latin | clausula | conclusion, close, end; the close of a period;... |
| 9 | Latin | -ula | regō + API → rēgula; tegō + API → tēgula;... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tlom | Alternative form of *-trom |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |