Etymology of the English word compline
the English word
complinederived from the Old French word
compliederived from the Medieval Latin word
hora (hour; time; season)
derived from the Greek word
hora, ὥρα (season, time; an 'hour')
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*yēr-Date
The earliest known usage of compline in English dates from the 13th century.
Cognates
Dutch
complementair, Dutch
compleet, English
complete, English
complementary, French
complies, French
complet, French
complementaire, German
komplementär, German
komplett, Italian
completo, Latin
completus, Norwegian
komplementär, Norwegian
komplett, Polish
kompletny, Spanish
completo, Spanish
completas, Swedish
komplementär, Swedish
komplettUsage
Word found in Modern English
