## Etymology
From complete + the native suffix -ness. Complete derives from Latin completus, past participle of complere ('to fill up, finish'), from com- (intensive) + plere ('to fill').

## AI Etymology
Completeness comes from complete + the native suffix -ness. Complete derives from Latin completus, past participle of complere ('to fill up, finish'), from com- (intensive) + plere ('to fill'). The historical trail runs through completus in Latin and plere in Latin. Morphologically, completeness is transparent: it draws on complete + the native suffix -ness. Used as a noun, completeness now means "the state of being whole, full, or entire", so the present definition can be read against the older forms and meanings. The same lexical family is also visible in related forms such as complete, completion, and completely. The result is a borrowed or transmitted form whose modern spelling carries a compact record of its route into English.

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