Where does “mercify” come from?
mercify (English) comes from English mercy, from Middle English mercy, 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.
mercify (English): To have mercy on; to pity
Definitions
- To have mercy on; to pity
Ancestry of “mercify”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | mercy | Relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to... |
| 2 | Middle English | mercy | Alternative form of mercien |
| 3 | Middle English | -ful | Appended to nouns to form adjectives denoting... |
| 4 | Old English | -ful | full of; -ful |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -fullaz | -ful |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | fullaz | full; the whole, the entire |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pl̥h₁nós | full |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pleh₁- | to fill |