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Where does “plenplena” come from?

plenplena (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto plena, from Latin plēnus, from Proto-Italic plēnos, from Proto-Indo-European pl̥h₁nós, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- — to fill.

plenplena (Esperanto): chock full

Definitions

  1. chock full

Ancestry of “plenplena”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantoplenafull, complete
2Latinplēnus—
3Proto-Italicplēnosfull
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpl̥h₁nósfull
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁-to fill
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