Where does “antilandfill” come from?
antilandfill (English) comes from English landfill, from English Fill, from Middle English fillen, from Old English fyllan, from Proto-West Germanic *fullijan, from Proto-Germanic fullijaną, from Proto-Germanic fullaz, from Proto-Indo-European pl̥h₁nós — to fill.
antilandfill (English): Opposing landfill
Definitions
- Opposing landfill
Ancestry of “antilandfill”, step by step
antilandfill traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English landfill
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | landfill | To dispose of by burying it at a landfill site;... |
| 2 | English | Fill | To make full |
| 3 | Middle English | fillen | to fill |
| 4 | Old English | fyllan | to fill; Alternative form of fiellan |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *fullijan | to fill |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | fullijaną | to fill, to make full |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | fullaz | full; the whole, the entire |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pl̥h₁nós | full |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pleh₁- | to fill |