Where does “plere” come from?

plere (Latin) comes from Latin pleo, from Proto-Italic plēō, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- — to fill.

plere (Latin): present active infinitive of pleō; second-person...

Definitions

  1. present active infinitive of pleō; second-person...

Ancestry of “plere”, step by step

plere traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin pleo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpleoto fill, to fulfill
2Proto-Italicplēōto fill
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁-to fill

via Latin plerus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinplerusmost, almost all
2Proto-Italicplēros—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- →Every word from Proto-Italic plēō →Every word from Latin pleo →