compimento

Italian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Italic *kom

Proto-Italic *kom-

Latin con-

Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-

Proto-Italic *plēō

Latin pleō

Latin compleō

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom

Proto-Italic *-mentom

Latin -mentum

Latin complēmentum

Italian compimento

From Latin complēmentum (“that which completes or fills up, complement; completion”), from compleō (“to fill up, complete; to finish; to fulfil (a promise); etc.”) + -mentum (suffix denoting the result of something). Compleō is derived from com- (a variant of con- (prefix indicating a being or bringing together of several objects)) + pleō (“bound morpheme meaning ‘to fill’”) (possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- (“to fill”)). By surface analysis, compiere +‎ mento.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kom.piˈmen.to/
• Rhymes: -ento
• Hyphenation: com‧pi‧mén‧to

Noun

compimento m (plural compimenti)

1. completion, fulfilment

See also

• complimento