Where does “filling site” come from?
filling site (English) comes from English filling, from English fill, from Middle English fullen, from Old English fullian, from Old English full-, from Old English full, from Proto-West Germanic full, from Proto-Germanic fullaz — to fill.
filling site (English): A designated location for a firefighter to draw or pump water out of a natural source, such as a lake or river
Definitions
- A designated location for a firefighter to draw or pump water out of a natural source, such as a lake or river
Ancestry of “filling site”, step by step
filling site traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English filling
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | filling | present participle of fill; Of food, that... |
| 2 | English | fill | To occupy fully, to take up all of; To add... |
| 3 | Middle English | fullen | To fill; to make full |
| 4 | Old English | fullian | to fulfill, perfect |
| 5 | Old English | full- | full, fully, completely, entirely; very |
| 6 | Old English | full | full, filled, complete, entire; a beaker; a cup,... |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | full | full |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | fullaz | full; the whole, the entire |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pl̥h₁nós | full |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pleh₁- | to fill |
via English site
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | site | Sorrow, grief; The place where anything is fixed;... |
| 2 | Middle English | site | sorrow, grief |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | site | site; location |
| 4 | Latin | situs | permitted, allowed, suffered, having been... |
| 5 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |