Where does “unforgetfulness” come from?
unforgetfulness (English) comes from English forgetfulness, from English forgetful, from English -ful, from Middle English -ful, from Old English -ful, from Proto-Germanic -fullaz, from Proto-Germanic fullaz, from Proto-Indo-European pl̥h₁nós — to fill.
unforgetfulness (English): The quality of not being forgetful
Definitions
- The quality of not being forgetful
Ancestry of “unforgetfulness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | forgetfulness | The quality of being forgetful; proneness to let... |
| 2 | English | forgetful | Unable to remember things well; liable to forget;... |
| 3 | English | -ful | Used to form adjectives from nouns. Full of,... |
| 4 | Middle English | -ful | Appended to nouns to form adjectives denoting... |
| 5 | Old English | -ful | full of; -ful |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -fullaz | -ful |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | fullaz | full; the whole, the entire |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pl̥h₁nós | full |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pleh₁- | to fill |