English
explete
Explete comes from Latin expletus ‘completed’, from pleō ‘Combining form used to form prefixed verbs…’, 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 CEexpleō‘fill up, complete’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexpletus‘completed’
- Englishtodayexplete
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 CEexpleō‘fill up, complete’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexpletus‘completed’
- Englishtodayexplete
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- ‘to fill’
public, full, plus, fill, complete, poll, plenty, popularity, folk, plain, comply, plural, ample, amplitude, amplify, puri, plenary, replenish, plethora, volk, plenum, fulsome, plebs, plebeian, 71 more
through Proto-Italic *plēō ‘to fill’
people, popular, publication, publican, 13 more
through Latin pleō ‘Combining form used to form prefixed verbs…’
supply, accomplish, implement, manipulation, completion, supplement, complement, depletion, replete, deplete, 9 more
Today it means
adj Complete, perfect
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- / explete