Where does “ful-” come from?

ful- (Middle English) comes from Old English ful-, from Proto-Germanic fulla- — full-.

ful- (Middle English): full, fully, perfectly

Definitions

  1. full, fully, perfectly

Ancestry of “ful-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishful-Alternative form of full-
2Proto-Germanicfulla-full-
Every word from Proto-Germanic fulla- →Every word from Old English ful- →