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Where does “nēodful” come from?

nēodful (Old 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.

nēodful (Old English): necessary; earnest; zealous

Definitions

  1. necessary; earnest; zealous

Ancestry of “nēodful”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old English-fulfull of; -ful
2Proto-Germanic-fullaz-ful
3Proto-Germanicfullazfull; the whole, the entire
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpl̥h₁nósfull
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁-to fill

Words derived from “nēodful”

  • needful
  • needfully
  • needfulness
  • unneedful
  • unneedfully
  • unneedfulness
  • needeful
  • nedeful
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- →