Etymograph

English

fillgap

From fill + gap.

A compound of fill + gap

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

Old Norse gap ‘an empty space, chasm’

Middle English gap ‘gap, opening’

English gap

Today it means

noun That which fills a gap, or serves as a short-term temporary fix until something better comes along.

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

Etymograph / fillgap