fele

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · inherited from*pélh₁u“many”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*felu“very, much”
3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*felu
4. Old English · inherited fromfeola
5. Middle English · inherited fromfele
6. English todayfele

From Middle English fele, from Old English feola, fela (“much, many, very”), from Proto-West Germanic *felu, from Proto-Germanic *felu (“very, much”), from Proto-Indo-European *pélh₁u (“many”). Cognate with Scots fele (“many, much, great”), Dutch veel (“much, many”), German viel (“much, many”), Latin plūs (“more”), Ancient Greek πολύς (polús, “many”). Related to full, few.

Words from the same roots