Supplyment
/səˈplaɪmənt/noun
An obsolete noun meaning the act of supplying or something that supplies or supplements.
Did you know?Supplyment is an archaic English formation related to “supply,” whose deeper Latin ancestry carries the idea of filling something up or making it complete.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*pelh₁-
“to fill or make full”
Classical Latin
Latin
supplēre
“to fill up, complete, or make good a deficiency”
12th–13th Century
Old French
souplir / supplier
“to supply, provide, or satisfy a need”
14th Century
Middle English
supplien
“to furnish, provide, or make up what is lacking”
15th–16th Century
English
supplyment
“the act of supplying or that which supplies”
Modern English
English
supplyment
“An obsolete or rare noun largely replaced by “supply” and “supplement””