Where does “complying” come from?
Complying comes from the English gerund suffix -ing added to comply, which derives from Catalan complir, ultimately from Latin complere, formed from the prefix com- meaning "together" and plere meaning "to fill."
complying (English): present participle of comply
Definitions
- present participle of comply
Ancestry of “complying”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | comply | To yield assent; to accord; to acquiesce, agree,... |
| 2 | Italian | complire | — |
| 3 | Catalan | complir | to fulfil; to carry out; to finish, to complete,... |
| 4 | Latin | complesco | I fulfill, accomplish |
| 5 | Latin | compleo | I fill up, fill full, fill out; make up,... |
| 6 | Latin | com- | allomorph of con- |
| 7 | Latin | con- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing... |
| 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,... |