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Complete

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means having all necessary parts, or finished entirely
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Stage 1 of 2
complere
Latin · ancient
"to fill up completely"
to fill up completely, from com- (thoroughly) and plere (to fill), with irregular past participle completus
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Stage 2 of 2
complete
English · 1300s
"having all its necessary parts, finished"
settled as the English word for something having all its parts, finished
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