c 3 o 1 m 3 p 3 l 1 i 1 m 3 e 1 n 1 t 1
10 letters · 18 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a remark (or act) expressing praise and admiration
verb say something to someone that expresses praise
verb express respect or esteem for
originBorrowed from French compliment, itself a borrowing of Italian complimento, which in turn is a borrowing from Spanish cumplimiento, from cumplir (“to comply, complete, do what is proper”) + -miento or Latin complēmentum. Doublet of complement. Displaced Old English ġeswǣsnes.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
- compline 14
- pentomic 14
- comment 13
- compile 13
- complin 13
- metopic 13
- polemic 13
- leptonic 12
- monticle 12
- coempt 12
- commie 12
- commit 12