Where does “simplexity” come from?
simplexity (English) comes from English complexity, from English complex, from French complexe, from Latin complexus, from Latin complector, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
simplexity (English): disorder; The number of simplexes into which a...
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- disorder; The number of simplexes into which a...
Ancestry of “simplexity”, step by step
simplexity traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English complexity
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | complexity | The state of being complex; intricacy;... |
| 2 | English | complex | Made up of multiple parts; composite; not simple;... |
| 3 | French | complexe | complex |
| 4 | Latin | complexus | embraced; surrounded; An embrace |
| 5 | Latin | complector | I embrace or hug; I encircle; I include or... |
| 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 simplicity
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | simplicity | The state or quality of being simple; An act or... |
| 2 | Middle English | simplicite | The nature of being made of one part or being... |
| 3 | Old French | simplicite | — |
| 4 | Latin | simplicitās | simplicity |
| 5 | Latin | -tās | ty, -dom, -hood, -ness, -ship |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |
via English simplex
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | simplex | Single, simple; not complex; unidirectional; An... |