Complete
/kəmˈpliːt/noun
Having all necessary parts; whole, finished, or fully formed.
Did you know?Complete comes from Latin completus, the past participle of complēre, meaning “to fill up,” so its deepest history is about fullness, not flawlessness.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*pleh₁-
“to fill, to make full”
Latin
Latin
plēre
“to fill”
Latin
Latin
complēre
“to fill up, make full, finish”
Old French
Old French
complet
“complete, finished”
Middle English
English
complete
“finished, entire”