Where does “fulsome” come from?
Fulsome comes from Middle English -some, from Old English full-, from Proto-Germanic sumaz, from Proto-Indo-European sem-, meaning together or same.
fulsome (English): Offensive to good taste, tactless, overzealous,...
Definitions
- Offensive to good taste, tactless, overzealous,...
Ancestry of “fulsome”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | fulsom | Marked by fullness; abundant, copious |
| 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 |