Where does “神コンプレックス” come from?

神コンプレックス (Japanese) comes from Japanese コンプレックス, from English complex, from French complexe, from Latin complexus, from Latin complector, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

神コンプレックス (Japanese): God complex; messiah complex

Definitions

  1. God complex; messiah complex

Ancestry of “神コンプレックス”, step by step

神コンプレックス traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese コンプレックス

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseコンプレックスa complex
2EnglishcomplexMade up of multiple parts; composite; not simple;...
3Frenchcomplexecomplex
4Latincomplexusembraced; surrounded; An embrace
5LatincomplectorI embrace or hug; I encircle; I include or...
6Latincōn-Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects
7Latincumwith, along with; at; -fold
8Old LatincomAlternative form of cum
9Proto-Italickomwith, along, at
10Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
11Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
12Middle Englishkyt
13Germankittputty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes
14Old High Germankuti
15Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
16Proto-Germanickweduzresin
17Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak
18Proto-Indo-Europeangū-to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

via Japanese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanesea spirit or an essence present in all things, the...
2Japaneseかみ
3TranslingualA long signal, used to form Morse code text, together with. (a short signal)
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gū-Every word from Latin cōn-Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷet-
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