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Where does “ireful” come from?

ireful (English) comes from English -ful, from Middle English -ful, from Old English -ful, from Proto-Germanic -fullaz, from Proto-Germanic fullaz, from Proto-Indo-European pl̥h₁nós, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- — to fill.

ireful (English): Deeply angered but not outwardly displaying it....

Definitions

  1. Deeply angered but not outwardly displaying it....

Ancestry of “ireful”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-fulUsed to form adjectives from nouns. Full of,...
2Middle English-fulAppended to nouns to form adjectives denoting...
3Old English-fulfull of; -ful
4Proto-Germanic-fullaz-ful
5Proto-Germanicfullazfull; the whole, the entire
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpl̥h₁nósfull
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁-to fill

Words derived from “ireful”

  • irefully
  • irefulness
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