Where does “unfull” come from?

unfull (English) comes from Middle English unfulle, from Old English full, from Proto-West Germanic full, from Proto-Germanic fullaz, from Proto-Indo-European pl̥h₁nós, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- — to fill.

unfull (English): Not full or complete; incomplete; imperfect

Definitions

  1. Not full or complete; incomplete; imperfect

Ancestry of “unfull”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishunfulle—
2Old Englishfullfull, filled, complete, entire; a beaker; a cup,...
3Proto-West Germanicfullfull
4Proto-Germanicfullazfull; the whole, the entire
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpl̥h₁nósfull
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁-to fill
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pl̥h₁nós →Every word from Proto-Germanic fullaz →