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Where does “plenus” come from?

plenus (Latin) comes from Proto-Italic plēnos, from Proto-Indo-European pl̥h₁nós, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- — to fill.

Ancestry of “plenus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italicplēnosfull
2Proto-Indo-Europeanpl̥h₁nósfull
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁-to fill
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