Where does “formfilling” come from?

formfilling (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.

formfilling (English): The filling out of forms

Definitions

  1. The filling out of forms

Ancestry of “formfilling”, step by step

formfilling traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English filling

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishfillingpresent participle of fill; Of food, that...
2EnglishfillTo occupy fully, to take up all of; To add...
3Middle EnglishfullenTo fill; to make full
4Old Englishfullianto fulfill, perfect
5Old Englishfull-full, fully, completely, entirely; very
6Old Englishfullfull, filled, complete, entire; a beaker; a cup,...
7Proto-West Germanicfullfull
8Proto-Germanicfullazfull; the whole, the entire
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpl̥h₁nósfull
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁-to fill

via English form

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishformTo do with shape; To do with structure or...
2Middle Englishformefirst; shape, figure, manner, bench, frame, seat,...
3Old Englishformafirst
4Old Englishforebefore; forepart, front
5Proto-Germanicfuraibefore, in front of; before, in front
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpreh₂-before, in front
7Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁-