Where does “komplezema” come from?
komplezema (Ido) comes from Ido komplezar, from Esperanto komplezi, from Esperanto komplezo, from French complaisance, from Latin complacentia, from Latin complaceo, from Latin com-, from Latin con- — resin.
komplezema (Ido): complaisant
Definitions
- complaisant
Ancestry of “komplezema”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ido | komplezar | to be obliging |
| 2 | Esperanto | komplezi | to do a favor; to oblige |
| 3 | Esperanto | komplezo | kindness, favor |
| 4 | French | complaisance | kindness; complacency; indulgence |
| 5 | Latin | complacentia | nominative neuter plural of complacēns;... |
| 6 | Latin | complaceo | I please or take the fancy of |
| 7 | Latin | com- | allomorph of con- |
| 8 | Latin | con- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing... |
| 9 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 10 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 14 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 15 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 16 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 17 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 18 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |