Where does “unfulfilling” come from?

unfulfilling (English) comes from English fulfilling, 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.

unfulfilling (English): Not producing fulfillment or a sense of...

Definitions

  1. Not producing fulfillment or a sense of...

Ancestry of “unfulfilling”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfulfillingWhich causes fulfilment; emotionally or...
2EnglishfulfillTo satisfy, carry out, bring to completion; To...
3Middle Englishfulfillento fulfill
4Old Englishfullfyllanto fulfill, accomplish
5Old Englishfyllanto fill; Alternative form of fiellan
6Proto-West Germanic*fullijanto fill
7Proto-Germanicfullijanąto fill, to make full
8Proto-Germanicfullazfull; the whole, the entire
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpl̥h₁nósfull
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁-to fill
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁-Every word from Proto-Indo-European pl̥h₁nósEvery word from Proto-Germanic fullaz
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