Where does “fuller” come from?
Fuller comes from English full, derived from Latin fullo meaning a person who fulls cloth, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European bʰel- meaning to swell.
fuller (English): comparative form of full: more full; A person who...
Definitions
- comparative form of full: more full; A person who...
Ancestry of “fuller”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | full | Containing the maximum possible amount that can... |
| 2 | Middle English | fúl | — |
| 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 |