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Origin of Full

• 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 Proto-Indo-European *pelǝ-, *plē- (“to fill; full”). Cognate with German Fülle (“fullness, fill”), Icelandic fylli (“fulness, fill”). More at fill.

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• Germanic cognates include West Frisian fol, Low German vull, Dutch vol, German voll, Danish fuld, and Swedish and Norwegian full (the latter three via Old Norse). Proto-Indo-European cognates include English plenty (via Latin, cf. plenus), Welsh llawn, Russian полный (pólnyj), Lithuanian pilnas, Persian پر (p), Sanskrit पूर्ण (pūrṇa). See also fele.

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• From Middle English fullen, fulwen, from Old English fullian, fulwian (“to baptise”), from Proto-Germanic *fullawīhōną (“to fully consecrate”), from Proto-Germanic *fulla- (“full-”) + Proto-Germanic *wīhōną (“to hallow, consecrate, make holy”). Compare Old English fulluht, fulwiht (“baptism”).

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• Middle English fullen from Old French fouler from Vulgar Latin fullāre from Latin fullō fuller bhel-² in Indo-European roots

  From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

• From Middle English full, from Old English full (“full”), from Proto-Germanic *fullaz (“full”), from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós (“full”).

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• Middle English, from Old French fuller, fouler (“to tread, to stamp, to full”), from Medieval Latin fullare, from Latin fullo (“a fuller”)

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• Middle English ful from Old English full pelə-¹ in Indo-European roots

  From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition