Etymology

prefill

P3R1E1F4I1L1L1

Today it means: To fill in advance. Full definition →

English fill ← Middle English fillen ← Old English fyllan
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*préh₂i?
  4. Proto-Italic*prai
  5. Proto-Italic*prai-
  6. Latinprae-
  7. Middle Englishpre-
  8. Englishpre-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*pleh₁-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*pl̥h₁nós
  11. Proto-Germanic*fullaz
  12. Proto-Germanic*fullijaną
  13. Proto-West Germanic*fullijan
  14. Old Englishfyllan
  15. Middle Englishfillen
  16. Englishfill
  17. English todayprefill

From pre- + fill.

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