Etymology

replenish

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Today it means: To refill; to renew; to supply again or to add a fresh quantity to. Full definition →

Middle English replenisshen ← Old French repleniss- ← Latin plenus
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromplenus
  2. Old French · derived fromrepleniss-
  3. Middle English · inherited fromreplenisshen
  4. English todayreplenish

From Middle English replenisshen, borrowed from Old French repleniss-, stem of some of the conjugated forms of replenir, from re- + plenir, from plein, from Latin plenus.

Words from the same roots

Latinplenus all →

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