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Where does “lipofilling” come from?

lipofilling (English) comes from English filling, from English fill, from Middle English fullen, from Old English fullian, from Old English full-, from Old English full, from Proto-West Germanic full, from Proto-Germanic fullaz — to fill.

lipofilling (English): The grafting of fat, especially from the abdomen...

Definitions

  1. The grafting of fat, especially from the abdomen...

Ancestry of “lipofilling”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishfillingpresent participle of fill; Of food, that...
2EnglishfillTo occupy fully, to take up all of; To add...
3Middle Englishfullen—
4Old Englishfullian—
5Old Englishfull-full, fully, completely, entirely; very
6Old Englishfullfull, filled, complete, entire; a beaker; a cup,...
7Proto-West Germanicfullfull
8Proto-Germanicfullazfull; the whole, the entire
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpl̥h₁nósfull
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁-to fill
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