Where does “reservoirful” come from?
reservoirful (English) comes from English reservoir, from French réservoir, from French -oir, from Latin -ere, from Proto-Italic -ezi, from Ancient Greek -ίζειν, from Ancient Greek -ίζω, from Proto-Hellenic -íďďō — he, she.
reservoirful (English): Enough to fill a reservoir
Definitions
- Enough to fill a reservoir
Ancestry of “reservoirful”, step by step
reservoirful traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English reservoir
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | reservoir | A place where anything is kept in store; A large... |
| 2 | French | réservoir | reservoir |
| 3 | French | -oir | A suffix used on verbs to form masculine words... |
| 4 | Latin | -ere | infinitive forming suffix; second-person singular... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -ezi | — |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -ίζειν | present active infinitive of -ίζω; -ize |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -ίζω | Used to form verbs from nouns, adjectives and... |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | -íďďō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -idyéti | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 12 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via English ful
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ful | — |