Where does “-ful” come from?
-ful (Middle English) comes from Old English -ful, from Proto-Germanic -fullaz, from Proto-Germanic fullaz, from Proto-Indo-European pl̥h₁nós, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- — to fill.
-ful (Middle English): Appended to nouns to form adjectives denoting...
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Ancestry of “-ful”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old English | -ful | full of; -ful |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | -fullaz | -ful |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | fullaz | full; the whole, the entire |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | pl̥h₁nós | full |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | pleh₁- | to fill |
Words derived from “-ful”