Where does “self-fulfillment” come from?
self-fulfillment (English) comes from English fulfillment, 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 — to fill.
self-fulfillment (English): Personal fulfillment or satisfaction
Definitions
- Personal fulfillment or satisfaction
Ancestry of “self-fulfillment”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | fulfillment | Alternative form of fulfilment |
| 2 | English | fulfilment | The act of fulfilling; The state or quality of... |
| 3 | Middle English | fulfillen | to fulfill |
| 4 | Old English | fullfyllan | to fulfill, accomplish |
| 5 | Old English | fyllan | to fill; Alternative form of fiellan |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | *fullijan | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | fullijaną | to fill, to make full |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | fullaz | full; the whole, the entire |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pl̥h₁nós | full |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pleh₁- | to fill |