English
expletion
Expletion comes from Latin expletio ‘a satisfying’, from expleō ‘to fill up, occupy completely’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pleh₁-‘to fill’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*plēō‘to fill’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpleō‘Combining form used to form prefixed verbs with the approximate meaning "to fill"’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexpleō‘to fill up, occupy completely’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexpletio‘a satisfying’
- Englishearliest quotation 1713expletion
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pleh₁-‘to fill’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*plēō‘to fill’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpleō‘Combining form used to form prefixed verbs with the approximate meaning "to fill"’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexpleō‘to fill up, occupy completely’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexpletio‘a satisfying’
- Englishearliest quotation 1713expletion
Earliest quotation: 1713, John Killingbeck: “For sure they conduce nothing at all to the…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- ‘to fill’
public, full, plus, fill, complete, plenty, poll, popularity, plain, folk, comply, plural, ample, amplitude, amplify, puri, plethora, plenary, replenish, volk, plenum, plebs, fulsome, plebeian, 71 more
through Proto-Italic *plēō ‘to fill’
people, popular, publication, publican, 13 more
through Latin pleō ‘Combining form used to form prefixed verbs…’
supply, accomplish, implement, supplement, complement, manipulation, completion, replete, depletion, deplete, 9 more
Today it means
noun accomplishment; fulfillment
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- / expletion