Etymology

refillable

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Today it means: Capable of being filled again. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*pleh₁-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*pl̥h₁nós
  8. Proto-Germanic*fullaz
  9. Proto-Germanic*fullijaną
  10. Proto-West Germanic*fullijan
  11. Old Englishfyllan
  12. Middle Englishfillen
  13. Englishfill
  14. Englishrefill
  15. English todayrefillable

From refill + -able.

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