Where does “compliance” come from?

compliance (Portuguese) comes from English compliance, from English comply, from Italian complire, from Catalan complir, from Latin complesco, from Latin compleo, from Latin com-, from Latin con- — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

compliance (Portuguese): compliance department of a business that ensures government regulations are complied with

Definitions

  1. compliance department of a business that ensures government regulations are complied with

Ancestry of “compliance”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcomplianceAn act of complying; The state of being...
2EnglishcomplyTo yield assent; to accord; to acquiesce, agree,...
3Italiancomplire
4Catalancomplirto fulfil; to carry out; to finish, to complete,...
5LatincomplescoI fulfill, accomplish
6LatincompleoI fill up, fill full, fill out; make up,...
7Latincom-allomorph of con-
8Latincon-Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing...
9Latincumwith, along with; at; -fold
10Old LatincomAlternative form of cum
11Proto-Italickomwith, along, at
12Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
13Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
14Middle Englishkyt
15Germankittputty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes
16Old High Germankuti
17Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
18Proto-Germanickweduzresin
19Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak
20Proto-Indo-Europeangū-to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gū-Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷet-Every word from Proto-Germanic kweduz