English
fulldo
Fulldo comes from Old English fuldōn ‘to complete, perform’, and goes back to Proto-West Germanic *fulladōn.
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*fulladōn‘to do fully, fulfil, complete, perfect’reconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150fuldōn‘to complete, perform’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500fuldon
- Englishearliest quotation 1591fulldo
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*fulladōn‘to do fully, fulfil, complete, perfect’reconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150fuldōn‘to complete, perform’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500fuldon
- Englishearliest quotation 1591fulldo
Earliest quotation: 1591, Thomas Lodge: “[...] and no more to counterfeyte the fole, for…”
Formed from full- + do
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ‘to put’
Proto-Germanic *dōną ‘to do’
Proto-West Germanic *dōn ‘to do’
Old English dōn ‘to do’
Middle English don
English do
Every English word from Proto-West Germanic *fulladōn
Today it means
verb To accomplish; fulfill; complete.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-West Germanic *fulladōn / fulldo