Where does “landfill” come from?
landfill (English) comes from English Fill, from Middle English fillen, from Old English fyllan, from Proto-West Germanic *fullijan, from Proto-Germanic fullijaną, from Proto-Germanic fullaz, from Proto-Indo-European pl̥h₁nós, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- — to fill.
landfill (English): To dispose of by burying it at a landfill site;...
Definitions
- To dispose of by burying it at a landfill site;...
Ancestry of “landfill”, step by step
landfill traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Fill
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Fill | To make full |
| 2 | Middle English | fillen | to fill |
| 3 | Old English | fyllan | to fill; Alternative form of fiellan |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *fullijan | to fill |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | fullijaną | to fill, to make full |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | fullaz | full; the whole, the entire |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pl̥h₁nós | full |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pleh₁- | to fill |