Where does “supliment” come from?
supliment (Romanian) comes from French supplément, from Latin supplementum, from Latin suppleo, from Latin sub-, from Proto-Indo-European upó, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-.
supliment (Romanian): supplement
Definitions
- supplement
Ancestry of “supliment”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | supplément | supplement |
| 2 | Latin | supplementum | something that fills up or makes up the numbers;... |
| 3 | Latin | suppleo | I make up the numbers, fill up, complete, make... |
| 4 | Latin | sub- | under, sub |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | upó | under, below |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ewp- | — |