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Where does “basinful” come from?

basinful (English) comes from English -ful, from Middle English -ful, from Old English -ful, from Proto-Germanic -fullaz, from Proto-Germanic fullaz, from Proto-Indo-European pl̥h₁nós, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- — to fill.

basinful (English): As much as a basin will hold

Definitions

  1. As much as a basin will hold

Ancestry of “basinful”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-fulUsed to form adjectives from nouns. Full of,...
2Middle English-fulAppended to nouns to form adjectives denoting...
3Old English-fulfull of; -ful
4Proto-Germanic-fullaz-ful
5Proto-Germanicfullazfull; the whole, the entire
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpl̥h₁nósfull
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁-to fill
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