Where does “wallful” come from?

wallful (English) comes from English Wall, from Middle English wall, from Old English weall, from Proto-Germanic wallaz, from Latin vallum, from Proto-Indo-European wēl- — to see, perceive.

wallful (English): As much as (the surface of) a wall will hold

Definitions

  1. As much as (the surface of) a wall will hold

Ancestry of “wallful”, step by step

wallful traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Wall

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishWallThe Berlin Wall
2Middle EnglishwallAlternative form of wale
3Old Englishweallwall; fervour; uproar; boiled or mulled wine
4Proto-Germanicwallazwell, spring; wall, rampart, entrenchment
5Latinvallumwall, rampart, entrenchment
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwēl-to see, perceive

via English ful

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishful—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wēl- →Every word from Latin vallum →Every word from Proto-Germanic wallaz →