myEtymology.com: English etymology of compliant

Etymology of the English word compliant

the English word compliant

derived from the English word comply

derived from the Italian word complire

derived from the Spanish word cumplir

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-