Where does “incompleteness” come from?
Incompleteness derives from Middle English -nesse, Old English -nes, Latin in-, Latin in, Latin con-, and Latin com, forming a suffix denoting a state or quality of being incomplete.
incompleteness (English): The state or condition of being not complete
Definitions
- The state or condition of being not complete
Ancestry of “incompleteness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | incomplete | Not complete; not finished; Of a flower, wanting... |
| 2 | Middle English | incomplete | — |
| 3 | Latin | incomplētus | — |
| 4 | Latin | complētus | — |
| 5 | Latin | compleō | — |
| 6 | Latin | cōn- | — |
| 7 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 8 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 12 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 13 | German | kitt | — |
| 14 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 15 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 16 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |