Where does “complicitly” come from?
complicitly (English) comes from English complicit, from English complicity, from French complicité, from Old French complice, from Latin complex, from Latin complicō, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
complicitly (English): In a complicit manner
Definitions
- In a complicit manner
Ancestry of “complicitly”, step by step
complicitly traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English complicit
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | complicit | Associated with or participating in an activity, especially one of a questionable nature |
| 2 | English | complicity | The state of being complicit; involvement as a... |
| 3 | French | complicité | complicity |
| 4 | Old French | complice | accomplice; confederate |
| 5 | Latin | complex | partner, confederate |
| 6 | Latin | complicō | to fold or roll up or together |
| 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,... |