Where does “uncompletely” come from?
uncompletely (English) comes from English uncomplete, from English complete, from Middle English compleet, from Old French complet, from Latin complētus, from Latin compleō, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
Ancestry of “uncompletely”, step by step
uncompletely traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English uncomplete
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | uncomplete | Obsolete form of incomplete |
| 2 | English | complete | To finish; to make done; to reach the end; To... |
| 3 | Middle English | compleet | Complete, whole, full, or entire; Perfect,... |
| 4 | Old French | complet | — |
| 5 | Latin | complētus | completed |
| 6 | Latin | compleō | to fill up, fill full, fill out; make up, complete |
| 7 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 8 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 9 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 13 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 14 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 15 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 16 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 17 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 19 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |