Where does “implement” come from?
Implement derives from Late Latin implementum, formed from Latin in- and -mentum suffix, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European roots pleh₁-, ne, and h₁én.
implement (English): A tool or instrument for working with; to bring...
Definitions
- A tool or instrument for working with; to bring...
Ancestry of “implement”, step by step
implement traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin implēmentum
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | implēmentum | filling up |
| 2 | Latin | impleo | I fill up, fill full; cover; I satisfy, satiate;... |
| 3 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 4 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 5 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via Late Latin implementum
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Late Latin | implementum | a filling up; filling up |
Words derived from “implement”
- implementation
- implementable
- implementer
- reimplement
- implementational
- implementability
- implementor
- postimplementation
- reimplementation
- implemental
- unimplementable
- implementare
- misimplement
- implémenter
- unimplementability
- implementere
- implementar
- implementar
- implementa
- implementiferous
- implementere
- implementoida
- implementować
- nonimplement