Etymology

complexify

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Today it means: To make more complex; to complicate. Full definition →

Proto-Italic *θakos ← Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ← English complex
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kom
  4. Proto-Italic*kom-
  5. Latincon-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*pel-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*pleḱ-
  8. Proto-Italic*plektō
  9. Latinplectō
  10. Latincomplector
  11. Latincomplexu
  12. Frenchcomplexe
  13. Englishcomplex
  14. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  15. Proto-Italic*θakos
  16. English todaycomplexify

From complex + -ify.

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