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Where does “ful-” come from?

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

ful- (Old English): Alternative form of full-

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of full-

Ancestry of “ful-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicfulla-full-

Words derived from “ful-”

  • troublesome
  • awesome
  • fulling
  • tiresome
  • cumbersome
  • burdensome
  • filst
  • lonesome
  • fulling
  • gruesome
  • fultum
  • autosomal
  • filsten
  • fearsome
  • fulsten
  • quarrelsome
  • fulwen
  • toilsome
  • fullynge
  • worrisome
  • fultuman
  • ribosomal
  • fultum
  • ribosome
Every word from Proto-Germanic fulla- →