English

fiberfill

From fiber + fill.

A compound of fiber + fill

Latin fibra ‘fibre, filament’

Old French fibre

French fibre

English fiber

Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- ‘to fill’

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Proto-Germanic *fullijaną ‘to make full’

Proto-West Germanic *fullijan ‘to fill’

Old English fyllan ‘to fill’

Middle English fillen ‘to fill up’

English fill

Today it means

noun A lightweight synthetic fiber used as insulation in clothing

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / fiberfill