Where does “unfulfilment” come from?

unfulfilment (English) comes 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, from Proto-Indo-European pl̥h₁nós — to fill.

unfulfilment (English): Alternative form of unfulfillment

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of unfulfillment

Ancestry of “unfulfilment”, step by step

unfulfilment traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English fulfilment

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfulfilmentThe act of fulfilling; The state or quality of...
2Middle Englishfulfillento fulfill
3Old Englishfullfyllanto fulfill, accomplish
4Old Englishfyllanto fill; Alternative form of fiellan
5Proto-West Germanic*fullijanto fill
6Proto-Germanicfullijanąto fill, to make full
7Proto-Germanicfullazfull; the whole, the entire
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpl̥h₁nósfull
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁-to fill

via English un

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishunOne
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁-Every word from Proto-Indo-European pl̥h₁nósEvery word from Proto-Germanic fullaz
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