Where does “incompletion” come from?
incompletion (English) comes from English incomplete, from Middle English incomplete, from Latin incomplētus, from Latin complētus, from Latin compleō, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
incompletion (English): The state or quality of not being complete;...
Definitions
- The state or quality of not being complete;...
Ancestry of “incompletion”, step by step
incompletion traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English incomplete
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | incomplete | Not complete; not finished; Of a flower, wanting... |
| 2 | Middle English | incomplete | — |
| 3 | Latin | incomplētus | uncompleted |
| 4 | Latin | complētus | completed |
| 5 | Latin | compleō | to fill up, fill full, fill out; make up, complete |
| 6 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 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 | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 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,... |
via English completion
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | completion | The act or state of being or making something... |
| 2 | Latin | completio | filling; fulfillment; completion |
| 3 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 4 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 5 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 6 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 7 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 8 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 9 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |