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