Where does “compleatly” come from?
compleatly (English) comes from English compleat, from English complete, from Middle English compleet, from Old French complet, from Latin complētus, from Latin compleō, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
compleatly (English): Obsolete form of completely
Definitions
- Obsolete form of completely
Ancestry of “compleatly”, step by step
compleatly traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English compleat
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | compleat | Archaic spelling of complete |
| 2 | English | complete | To finish; to make done; to reach the end; To... |
| 3 | Middle English | compleet | Complete, whole, full, or entire; Perfect,... |
| 4 | Old French | complet | — |
| 5 | Latin | complētus | completed |
| 6 | Latin | compleō | to fill up, fill full, fill out; make up, complete |
| 7 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 8 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 9 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 13 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 14 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 15 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 16 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 17 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 19 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |