Where does “complexification” come from?
complexification (French) comes from French complexifier, from English complexify, from English complex, from French complexe, from Latin complexus, from Latin complector, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
complexification (French): complexification
Ancestry of “complexification”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | complexifier | to complexify |
| 2 | English | complexify | To make something more complex; to complicate |
| 3 | English | complex | Made up of multiple parts; composite; not simple;... |
| 4 | French | complexe | complex |
| 5 | Latin | complexus | embraced; surrounded; An embrace |
| 6 | Latin | complector | I embrace or hug; I encircle; I include or... |
| 7 | Latin | cōn- | — |
| 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 | — |
| 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,... |