English
subject complement
From subject + complement.
A compound of subject + complement
Latin subiciō ‘throw’
Latin subiectus ‘lying under or near’
Old French suget
Middle English subget
English subject
Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- ‘to fill’
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Latin pleō ‘Combining form used to form prefixed verbs…’
Latin compleō ‘to fill up’
Latin complēmentum ‘that which fills up or completes’
Middle English complement
English complement
Today it means
noun A complement which is coupled to a subject.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / subject complement