Where does “complicitness” come from?
complicitness (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,...
complicitness (English): The quality of being complicit
Definitions
- The quality of being complicit
Ancestry of “complicitness”, step by step
complicitness 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,... |
via English Ness
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ness | An Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa |
| 2 | Middle English | nesse | — |
| 3 | Old English | næs | not, not at all; not; first/third-person singular... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | nasją | foothill; headland; cape |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₂s | nose |