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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

  1. Of or relating to the explement

Ancestry of “explementary”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishexplementThe remainder of subtracting an angle from a full...
2Latinexplēmentum—
3Latinexpleō—
4Latinpleō—
5Proto-Italicplēōto fill
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁-to fill
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- →