The story
- Latin · derived fromcomplicō“fold together”
- Late Latin · derived fromcomplic-
- Old French · derived fromcomplice“accomplice”
- French · borrowed fromcomplicité
- English todaycomplicity
From French complicité, from Middle French, from Old French complice (“accomplice”), from Late Latin complic-, stem of complex (“partner, confederate”), from Latin complicō (“fold together”).
Words from the same roots
Old Frenchcomplice all →
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.