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Where does “cumplimiento” come from?

cumplimiento (Spanish) comes from Spanish cumplir, from Old Spanish cumplir, from Latin complere, from Latin compleo, from Latin com-, from Latin con-, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

cumplimiento (Spanish): compliance; fulfillment, completion; formality

Definitions

  1. compliance; fulfillment, completion; formality

Ancestry of “cumplimiento”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishcumplirto fulfil, to fulfill, to meet; to achieve, to...
2Old Spanishcumplir—
3Latincomplerepresent active infinitive of compleō;...
4LatincompleoI fill up, fill full, fill out; make up,...
5Latincom-allomorph of con-
6Latincon-Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing...
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—
13Germankitt—
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,...

Words derived from “cumplimiento”

  • compliment
  • complimentary
  • uncomplimentary
  • complimentarily
  • complimental
  • complimenter
  • complimentee
  • noncomplimentary
  • overcomplimentary
  • complimentally
  • overcompliment
  • complimentariness
  • complimentative
  • pseudo-compliment
  • complimentoso
  • complimentare
  • complimentosamente
  • complimento
  • compliment
  • Kompliment
  • compliment
  • kompliment
  • kompliment
  • kompliment
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