Where does “fulfilment” come from?
Fulfilment comes from Middle English fulfillen, from Old English fullfyllan, combining the prefix full- with Old English fyllan meaning to fill, ultimately from Proto-Germanic fullaz and fullijaną derived from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- meaning to fill.
fulfilment (English): The act of fulfilling; The state or quality of...
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- The act of fulfilling; The state or quality of...
Ancestry of “fulfilment”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | fulfillen | to fulfill |
| 2 | Old English | fullfyllan | to fulfill, accomplish |
| 3 | Old English | fyllan | to fill; Alternative form of fiellan |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *fullijan | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | fullijaną | to fill, to make full |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | fullaz | full; the whole, the entire |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pl̥h₁nós | full |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pleh₁- | to fill |
Words derived from “fulfilment”