Where does “completest” come from?
Completest derives from the superlative of complete, from Middle English compleet, from Latin completus meaning "filled up" or "finished," from compleo meaning "to fill up," formed with the prefix com- meaning "together."
completest (English): superlative form of complete: most complete;...
Definitions
- superlative form of complete: most complete;...
Ancestry of “completest”, step by step
completest 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 Est
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Est | established |
| 2 | Middle English | este | grace, est, favour; pleasure, enjoyment, fun;... |
| 3 | Old English | ēst | will, consent, favour, grace, liberality,... |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *ansti | favour |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | anstiz | favour, affection |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | unnaną | to grant, bestow |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ān- | to notice; face, mouth |