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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

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*fullijan—
6Proto-Germanicfullijanąto fill, to make full
7Proto-Germanicfullazfull; the whole, the entire
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpl̥h₁nósfull
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁-to fill
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