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Where does “fullish” come from?

fullish (English) comes from English full, from Middle English fúl, from Old English full, from Proto-West Germanic full, from Proto-Germanic fullaz, from Proto-Indo-European pl̥h₁nós, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- — to fill.

fullish (English): Somewhat full; reasonably full, quite full

Definitions

  1. Somewhat full; reasonably full, quite full

Ancestry of “fullish”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfullContaining the maximum possible amount that can...
2Middle Englishfúl—
3Old Englishfullfull, filled, complete, entire; a beaker; a cup,...
4Proto-West Germanicfullfull
5Proto-Germanicfullazfull; the whole, the entire
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpl̥h₁nósfull
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁-to fill
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