Where does “wofully” come from?

Wofully comes from English woful plus the suffix -ful, ultimately deriving from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁-, meaning to fill or be full.

wofully (English): Archaic form of woefully

Definitions

  1. Archaic form of woefully

Ancestry of “wofully”, step by step

wofully traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English woful

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishwofulObsolete spelling of woeful
2EnglishWothe prefix of catalog entries in the Gliese star...
3EnglishWHO—
4English’s—
5EnglishKingstownOS grid ref NY3959
6EnglishtownA settlement; an area with residential districts,...
7Middle Englishtountown
8Middle EnglishendeThe end or finishing of a thing; the terminal...
9Old Englishendeend, limit, border, corner
10Proto-Germanicandiin addition, furthermore, and
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éntiopposite; near; in front
12Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éntsforehead; front
13Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ent-face; forehead; front
14Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂en-on, onto

via English ly

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlyAbbreviation of light-year
2VietnameselyAlternative spelling of li

Words derived from “wofully”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂en- →