Where does “complexionally” come from?
complexionally (English) comes from English complexional, from English complexion, from Middle English complexion, from Old French complexion, from Latin complexiō, from Latin complector, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum — resin, gum; to say, speak.
complexionally (English): constitutionally
Definitions
- constitutionally
Ancestry of “complexionally”, step by step
complexionally traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English complexional
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | complexional | Pertaining to one's physical composition;... |
| 2 | English | complexion | The combination of humours making up one's... |
| 3 | Middle English | complexion | temperament |
| 4 | Old French | complexion | complexion (combination of humours making up one's physiological "temperament") |
| 5 | Latin | complexiō | combination, connection, association |
| 6 | Latin | complector | I embrace or hug; I encircle; I include or... |
| 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 |