Where does “explementary” come from?
explementary (English) comes from English explement, from Latin explēmentum, from Latin expleō, from Latin pleō, from Proto-Italic plēō, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- — to fill.
explementary (English): Of or relating to the explement
Definitions
- Of or relating to the explement
Ancestry of “explementary”, step by step
explementary traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English explement
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | explement | The remainder of subtracting an angle from a full... |
| 2 | Latin | explēmentum | that which fills up |
| 3 | Latin | expleō | to fill up, occupy completely |
| 4 | Latin | pleō | Combining form used to form prefixed verbs with the approximate meaning "to fill" |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | plēō | to fill |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pleh₁- | to fill |