Word origin
[1515–25; ‹ L
complectī to embrace, enfold, equiv. to
com- com- +
plect(
ere) to
plait, braid +
-ī pass. inf. ending; cf.
complex]This word is first recorded in the period 1515–25. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: domestic, engage, exhaust, parrot, splice