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Supplement

3 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means something added to complete a thing or make up for a deficiency
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Stage 1 of 3
supplere
Latin · ancient
"to fill up from below, to make good"
to fill up from below, to make good, from sub- (under) and plere (to fill)
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Stage 2 of 3
supplementum
Latin · ancient
"that which fills up a deficiency"
that which fills up a deficiency, from supplere
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Stage 3 of 3
supplement
English · 1300s
"something added to complete or enhance something"
settled as the English word for something added to complete or enhance something
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