myEtymology.com: English etymology of complemental

Etymology of the English word complemental

the English word complemental

derived from the English word complement

derived from the Old French word complement

derived from the Latin word complementum (complement, something that fills out, up or completes)

derived from the Latin word complere (fill; be big enough to fill; finish, complete, perfect)

using the Latin prefix com-

derived from the Latin word cum (with)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kom (near, with, together)

derived from the Latin word plere

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *pelə-

using the English suffix -al

derived from the Latin suffix -alis