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