full

full · adjective, adverb¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · inherited from*pl̥h₁nós“full”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*fullaz“full”
3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*full
4. Old English · inherited fromfull“full”
5. Middle English · inherited fromful
6. English todayfull

From Middle English ful, from Old English full (“full”), from Proto-West Germanic *full, from Proto-Germanic *fullaz (“full”), from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós (“full”). Germanic cognates include West Frisian fol, Low German vull, Dutch vol, German voll, Danish fuld, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish full. Proto-Indo-European cognates include English plenty (via Latin, compare plēnus), Welsh llawn, Russian по́лный (pólnyj), Lithuanian pilnas, Persian پر (por), Sanskrit पूर्ण (pūrṇá). See also fele and Scots fou (whence the English doublet fou (“drunk”)). For the "drunk, intoxicated" sense, compare also Swedish full and other Scandinavian languages.

full · noun, verb²

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*plūno-
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*fullį̄
3. Old English · inherited fromfyllu
4. Middle English · inherited fromfulle
5. English todayfull

From Middle English fulle, fylle, fille, from Old English fyllu, fyllo (“fullness, fill, plenty”), from Proto-Germanic *fullį̄, *fulnō (“fullness, filling, overflow”), from Proto-Indo-European *plūno-, *plno- (“full”), from *pelh₁-, *pleh₁- (“to fill; full”). Cognate with German Fülle (“fullness, fill”), Icelandic fylli (“fulness, fill”). More at fill.

full · verb³

1. Old English · inherited fromfullian
2. Middle English · inherited fromfullen
3. English todayfull

From Middle English fullen, fulwen (“to baptise”), from Old English fullian, fulwian (“to baptise”), from full- + *wīhan (later *wēon (“to make holy”)). Compare Old English fulluht, fulwiht (“baptism”).

full · verb⁴

1. Latin · derived fromfullō“a fuller”
2. Medieval Latin · derived fromfullāre
3. Old French · derived fromfoler
4. Middle French · derived fromfoller
5. Anglo-Norman · derived fromfuller
6. Middle English · inherited fromfullen“to full”
7. English todayfull

From Middle English fullen (“to full”), from Anglo-Norman fuller, fuler, Middle French foller, fouler, from Old French foler, fouler (“to tread, stamp, full”), from Medieval Latin fullāre, from Latin fullō (“a fuller”). Compare Old English fullian (“to full”).

Full · proper noun⁵

1. German · borrowed fromFull
2. English todayFull

Borrowed from German Full.

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