English
completion
Completion comes from Latin completio ‘filling (up)’, from compleō ‘to fill up, fill full, fill out’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pleh₁-‘to fill’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*plēō‘to fill’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpleō‘Combining form used to form prefixed verbs with the approximate meaning "to fill"’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcompleō‘to fill up, fill full, fill out’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcompletio‘filling (up)’
- Englishearliest quotation 1897completion
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pleh₁-‘to fill’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*plēō‘to fill’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpleō‘Combining form used to form prefixed verbs with the approximate meaning "to fill"’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcompleō‘to fill up, fill full, fill out’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcompletio‘filling (up)’
- Englishearliest quotation 1897completion
Earliest quotation: 1897, Winston Churchill: “Mr. Cooke had had a sloop yacht built at…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- ‘to fill’
public, full, plus, fill, plenty, poll, plain, popularity, folk, plural, ample, amplitude, amplify, puri, plethora, plenary, replenish, volk, plenum, plebs, plebeian, fulsome, 74 more
through Proto-Italic *plēō ‘to fill’
people, popular, publication, publican, 14 more
through Latin pleō ‘Combining form used to form prefixed verbs…’
supply, implement, supplement, manipulation, replete, depletion, deplete, 10 more
through Latin compleō ‘to fill up, fill full, fill out’
Today it means
noun The act or state of being or making something complete; conclusion, accomplishment.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- / completion