Where does “plein” come from?

plein (Old French) comes from Latin plēnus, from Proto-Italic plēnos, from Proto-Indo-European pl̥h₁nós, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- — to fill.

plein (Old French): full

Definitions

  1. full

Ancestry of “plein”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinplēnusfull; filled; complete
2Proto-Italicplēnosfull
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpl̥h₁nósfull
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁-to fill

Words derived from “plein”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pl̥h₁nós →Every word from Proto-Italic plēnos →