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Where does “complimento” come from?

complimento (Italian) comes from Spanish cumplimiento, from Spanish cumplir, from Old Spanish cumplir, from Latin complere, from Latin compleo, from Latin com-, from Latin con-, from Latin cum — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

complimento (Italian): congratulations; compliment; regards

Definitions

  1. congratulations; compliment; regards

Ancestry of “complimento”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishcumplimientocompliance; fulfillment, completion; formality
2Spanishcumplirto fulfil, to fulfill, to meet; to achieve, to...
3Old Spanishcumplir—
4Latincomplerepresent active infinitive of compleō;...
5LatincompleoI fill up, fill full, fill out; make up,...
6Latincom-allomorph of con-
7Latincon-Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing...
8Latincumwith, along with; at; -fold
9Old LatincomAlternative form of cum
10Proto-Italickomwith, along, at
11Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
12Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
13Middle Englishkyt—
14Germankitt—
15Old High Germankuti—
16Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
17Proto-Germanickweduzresin
18Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak
19Proto-Indo-Europeangū-to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

Words derived from “complimento”

  • compliment
  • complimentary
  • uncomplimentary
  • complimentarily
  • complimental
  • complimenter
  • complimentee
  • noncomplimentary
  • overcomplimentary
  • complimentally
  • overcompliment
  • complimentariness
  • complimentative
  • pseudo-compliment
  • complimentoso
  • complimentare
  • complimentosamente
  • compliment
  • Kompliment
  • compliment
  • kompliment
  • kompliment
  • kompliment
  • kompliment
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