Where does “unfulfillably” come from?
unfulfillably (English) comes from English unfulfillable, 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 — to fill.
unfulfillably (English): In a way that cannot be fulfilled
Definitions
- In a way that cannot be fulfilled
Ancestry of “unfulfillably”, step by step
unfulfillably traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English unfulfillable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | unfulfillable | Not fulfillable |
| 2 | English | fulfillable | Capable of being fulfilled |
| 3 | English | fulfill | To satisfy, carry out, bring to completion; To... |
| 4 | Middle English | fulfillen | to fulfill |
| 5 | Old English | fullfyllan | to fulfill, accomplish |
| 6 | Old English | fyllan | to fill; Alternative form of fiellan |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | *fullijan | to fill |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | fullijaną | to fill, to make full |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | fullaz | full; the whole, the entire |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pl̥h₁nós | full |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pleh₁- | to fill |