Where does “plēō” come from?

plēō (Proto-Italic) comes from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- — to fill.

plēō (Proto-Italic): to fill

Definitions

  1. to fill

Ancestry of “plēō”, step by step

plēō traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-European pleh₁-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁-to fill

via Proto-Indo-European pleh₁-ye-ti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁-ye-ti

Words derived from “plēō

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁-
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