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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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁-to fill

Words derived from “plēō”

  • complete
  • supply
  • completely
  • compliance
  • implement
  • completion
  • comply
  • incomplete
  • complement
  • complementary
  • supplement
  • supplier
  • compliment
  • depletion
  • completeness
  • supplemental
  • compliant
  • complimentary
  • supplementation
  • replete
  • complying
  • complementarity
  • noncompliance
  • incompleteness
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