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Where does “remplissage” come from?

remplissage (French) comes from French remplir, from Middle French remplir, from Old French remplir, from Old French re-, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro- — passed , crossed.

remplissage (French): filling, padding; fulfilment

Definitions

  1. filling, padding; fulfilment

Ancestry of “remplissage”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchremplirto fill, to fill up; to fill in; to fulfil
2Middle Frenchremplir—
3Old Frenchremplir—
4Old Frenchre-re-
5Latinrĕ-—
6Latinprōdūcō—
7Latinprō-—
8Proto-Italic*pro-—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
11Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
12Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed
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