Etymology

unfill

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Today it means: To empty. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts
  3. Proto-Germanic*anda-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*anda-
  5. Old Englishand-
  6. Old Englishon-
  7. Middle Englishon-
  8. Englishun-
  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 todayunfill

From un- + fill.

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