Where does “unfulfillable” come from?
unfulfillable (English) comes from English fulfillable, from English fulfill, 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.
unfulfillable (English): Not fulfillable
Definitions
- Not fulfillable
Ancestry of “unfulfillable”, step by step
unfulfillable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English fulfillable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | fulfillable | Capable of being fulfilled |
| 2 | English | fulfill | To satisfy, carry out, bring to completion; To... |
| 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 | to fill |
| 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 |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |