Where does “Komplementsatz” come from?
Komplementsatz (German) comes from German Komplement, from French complément, from Latin complementum, from Latin compleō, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com, from Proto-Italic kom — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
Ancestry of “Komplementsatz”, step by step
Komplementsatz traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Komplement
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Komplement | complement |
| 2 | French | complément | complement, thing added that makes a whole;... |
| 3 | Latin | complementum | complement |
| 4 | Latin | compleō | to fill up, fill full, fill out; make up, complete |
| 5 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 6 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 7 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 11 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 12 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 13 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 14 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 15 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via German Satz
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Satz | sentence; proposition, theorem; set |
| 2 | Middle High German | saz | — |
| 3 | Middle High German | setzen | to set, place down |
| 4 | Old High German | sezzen | to make sit, set, put |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *sattjan | to set, place |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | satjaną | to set, to place down |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sodéyeti | to set, to seat, to cause to sit |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -éyeti | Forms causative imperfective verbs from roots;... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |