Where does “ful” come from?
ful (Turkish) comes from English full, from Middle English fúl, from Old English full, from Proto-West Germanic full, from Proto-Germanic fullaz, from Proto-Indo-European pl̥h₁nós, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- — to fill.
ful (Turkish): sweet mock orange, any flowering plant of the species Philadelphus coronarius, native to Caucasus
Definitions
- sweet mock orange, any flowering plant of the species Philadelphus coronarius, native to Caucasus
Ancestry of “ful”, step by step
ful traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English full
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | full | Containing the maximum possible amount that can... |
| 2 | Middle English | fúl | very; much; to a great extent |
| 3 | Old English | full | full, filled, complete, entire; a beaker; a cup,... |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | full | full |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | fullaz | full; the whole, the entire |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pl̥h₁nós | full |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pleh₁- | to fill |