Etymograph

English

in-fill

From in + fill.

A compound of in + fill

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Germanic *in

Proto-West Germanic *in

Old English in

Middle English in ‘inside’

English in

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 Any material used to occupy a void or hiatus

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

Etymograph / in-fill