Where does “llenar” come from?

llenar (Spanish) comes from Italian genare, from French gêner, from Middle French genner, from Middle High German jenner, from Latin iānuārius, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

llenar (Spanish): to fill something up; to fill out or complete a...

Definitions

  1. to fill something up; to fill out or complete a...

Ancestry of “llenar”, step by step

llenar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian genare

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiangenareto bother, to annoy
2Frenchgênerto hinder, hamper, bother; to bother, annoy,...
3Middle Frenchgenner—
4Middle High Germanjenner—
5Latiniānuāriusof January
6Latin-āriuser
7Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)

via Spanish lleno

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishlleno"superlative": llenísimo; full
2Old Spanishlleno—
3Latinplēnusfull; filled; complete
4Proto-Italicplēnosfull
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpl̥h₁nósfull
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁-to fill

Words derived from “llenar”

Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios →Every word from Latin -ārius →Every word from Latin iānuārius →