Where does “overfulfilment” come from?
overfulfilment (English) comes from English fulfilment, from Middle English fulfillen, from Old English fullfyllan, from Old English fyllan, from Proto-West Germanic *fullijan, from Proto-Germanic fullijaną, from Proto-Germanic fullaz, from Proto-Indo-European pl̥h₁nós — to fill.
overfulfilment (English): fulfilment to a greater extent than needed
Definitions
- fulfilment to a greater extent than needed
Ancestry of “overfulfilment”, step by step
overfulfilment traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English fulfilment
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | fulfilment | The act of fulfilling; The state or quality of... |
| 2 | Middle English | fulfillen | to fulfill |
| 3 | Old English | fullfyllan | to fulfill, accomplish |
| 4 | Old English | fyllan | to fill; Alternative form of fiellan |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *fullijan | to fill |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | fullijaną | to fill, to make full |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | fullaz | full; the whole, the entire |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pl̥h₁nós | full |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pleh₁- | to fill |
via English over
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | over | Discontinued; ended or concluded; Thoroughly;... |
| 2 | Middle English | over | riverbank, seashore, brink |
| 3 | Old English | ōfer | riverbank, seashore, brink, edge, margin, border |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | obar | over, above |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | uber | over; over, above |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | upér | above; over |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | upó | under, below |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ewp- | — |