Etymograph

English

fullwidth

From full + width, as a calque of Japanese 全角 (zenkaku).

A compound of full + width

Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- ‘to fill’

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Proto-Germanic *fullaz ‘full’

Proto-West Germanic *full ‘full’

Old English full ‘full’

Middle English ful ‘full’

English full

English wyde

English width

Today it means

adj Of a text character, occupying the space of two alphanumeric characters in a monospace font, or two "normal" text columns.

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

Etymograph / fullwidth