Etymology Explorer › Old Spanish

Where does “lleno” come from?

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

Ancestry of “lleno”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinplēnus—
2Proto-Italicplēnosfull
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpl̥h₁nósfull
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁-to fill

Words derived from “lleno”

  • lleno
  • rellenar
  • sobrellenar
  • llenar
  • yeno
  • yen
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