complexness

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Italic *kom

Proto-Italic *kom-

Latin con-

Proto-Indo-European *pel-

Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ-der.

Proto-Italic *plektōder.

Latin plectō

Latin complector

Proto-Indo-European *-tus

Proto-Italic *-tus

Latin -tus

Latin complexuslbor.

French complexebor.

English complex

Proto-Germanic *-in-

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti

Proto-Germanic *-ōną

Proto-Germanic *-inōną

Proto-Indo-European *-dyé-der.

Proto-Germanic *-atjaną

Proto-Indo-European *-tus

Proto-Germanic *-þuz

Proto-Germanic *-assuz

Proto-Germanic *-inassuz

Proto-West Germanic *-nassī

Old English -nes

Middle English -nesse

English -ness

English complexness

From complex + -ness.

Noun

complexness (uncountable)

1. The state or quality of being complex.