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Where does “tymeful” come from?

tymeful (Middle English) comes from Middle English -ful, from Old English -ful, from Proto-Germanic -fullaz, from Proto-Germanic fullaz, from Proto-Indo-European pl̥h₁nós, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- — to fill.

tymeful (Middle English): early; convenient; useful; Having a duration or...

Definitions

  1. early; convenient; useful; Having a duration or...

Ancestry of “tymeful”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle English-fulAppended to nouns to form adjectives denoting...
2Old English-fulfull of; -ful
3Proto-Germanic-fullaz-ful
4Proto-Germanicfullazfull; the whole, the entire
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpl̥h₁nósfull
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁-to fill

Words derived from “tymeful”

  • timeful
  • timefulness
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