Etymograph

English

complexity

From complex + -ity.

Formed from complex + -ity

Latin plectō ‘to weave, braid’

Latin complector ‘to entwine, encircle’

Latin complexus

French complexe ‘complex’

English complex

The story

Partially displaced native English manifoldness.

Today it means

noun The state of being complex; intricacy; entanglement.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / complexity