Where does “entreatful” come from?

entreatful (English) comes from English entreat, from Old French entretier, from Old French entraiter, from Old French traiter, from Latin tractāre, from Latin tractō, from Latin -tō, from Latin -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

entreatful (English): Full of entreaty

Definitions

  1. Full of entreaty

Ancestry of “entreatful”, step by step

entreatful traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English entreat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishentreatTo treat with, or in respect to, a thing desired;...
2Old Frenchentretier
3Old Frenchentraiter
4Old Frenchtraiter
5Latintractāre
6Latintractōto tug, drag or haul
7Latin-tōForms here
8Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
9Proto-Italic-tus
10Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

via English ful

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishful
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tusEvery word from Latin -tusEvery word from Latin -tō
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