Where does “complēre” come from?

complēre (Latin) comes from Latin pleō, from Proto-Italic plēō, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- — to fill.

Ancestry of “complēre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinpleōCombining form used to form prefixed verbs with the approximate meaning "to fill"
2Proto-Italicplēōto fill
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁-to fill

Words derived from “complēre”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- →Every word from Proto-Italic plēō →Every word from Latin pleō →