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Where does “compleet” come from?

compleet (Middle English) comes from Old French complet, from Latin complētus, from Latin compleō, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com, from Proto-Italic kom, from Proto-Indo-European ḱóm — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

compleet (Middle English): Complete, whole, full, or entire; Perfect,...

Definitions

  1. Complete, whole, full, or entire; Perfect,...

Ancestry of “compleet”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchcomplet—
2Latincomplētus—
3Latincompleō—
4Latincōn-—
5Latincumwith, along with; at; -fold
6Old LatincomAlternative form of cum
7Proto-Italickomwith, along, at
8Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
9Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
10Middle Englishkyt—
11Germankitt—
12Old High Germankuti—
13Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
14Proto-Germanickweduzresin
15Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak
16Proto-Indo-Europeangū-to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

Words derived from “compleet”

  • complete
  • completely
  • completeness
  • completest
  • compleat
  • completer
  • compleatly
  • autocomplete
  • completement
  • overcomplete
  • recompletion
  • completist
  • completable
  • uncomplete
  • incompletable
  • noncomplete
  • cocomplete
  • overcompleteness
  • uncompletable
  • completeth
  • completability
  • recomplete
  • semicomplete
  • noncompleteness
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