Where does “emplir” come from?
emplir (Middle French) comes from Old French emplir, from Vulgar Latin implire, from Latin impleo, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
emplir (Middle French): to fill
Definitions
- to fill
Ancestry of “emplir”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | emplir | — |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | implire | present active infinitive of *impliō |
| 3 | Latin | impleo | I fill up, fill full; cover; I satisfy, satiate;... |
| 4 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 5 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 6 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |