Inherited fromMiddle English-ful,-full, fromOld English-ful,-full(“full of; -ful”), fromProto-Germanic*-fullaz(“-ful”), fromProto-Germanic*fullaz(“full”); seefull. Cognate withScots-fu,Saterland Frisian-ful(“-ful”),West Frisian-fol(“-ful”),Dutch-vol(“-ful”),German-voll(“-ful”),Swedish-full(“-ful”),Danish-fuld(“-ful”),Icelandic-fullur,-fyllur(“-ful”).
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Inherited fromMiddle English-ful, fromOld English-ful,-full, fromProto-Germanic*fullō,*fullijô(“filling”).
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The plural is formed by pluralizing the noun (e.g.,librariesful) or by simply suffixing-s (e.g.,libraryfuls).
Inherited fromOld English-ful,-full(“full of; -ful”), fromProto-West Germanic*-full,Proto-Germanic*-fullaz(“-ful”), fromProto-Germanic*fullaz(“full”). The use of the ending to denote nouns originates in the reanalysis offul modifying a noun as being part of the noun itself, e.g. "cuppe ful" as "cuppe-ful".
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FromProto-Germanic*-fullaz(“-ful”), fromProto-Germanic*fullaz(“full”).
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