Where does “full-blown” come from?
full-blown (English) comes from English blown, from Middle English blawen, from Old English blāƿen, from Old English blāwan, from Proto-West Germanic blāan, from Proto-Germanic blēaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰléh₁-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-.
full-blown (English): Completely developed or formed
Definitions
- Completely developed or formed
Ancestry of “full-blown”, step by step
full-blown traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English blown
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | blown | distended, swollen or inflated; panting and out... |
| 2 | Middle English | blawen | Alternative form of blowen |
| 3 | Old English | blāƿen | — |
| 4 | Old English | blāwan | to blow, breathe, inflate, sound |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | blāan | to blow |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | blēaną | to blow |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰléh₁- | to bleat |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |
via English full
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | full | Containing the maximum possible amount that can... |
| 2 | Middle English | fúl | very; much; to a great extent |
| 3 | Old English | full | full, filled, complete, entire; a beaker; a cup,... |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | full | full |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | fullaz | full; the whole, the entire |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pl̥h₁nós | full |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pleh₁- | to fill |