English
compliant
From comply + -ant.
A compound of comply + -ant
Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- ‘to fill’
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm ‘beside, near’
Latin compleō ‘to finish, complete’
Latin complēre
Italian complire
English comply
Today it means
adj Willing to comply; submissive; willing to do what someone wants.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / compliant