English
kindful
Kindful comes from Middle English kindeful.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500kindeful
- Englishearliest quotation 1830kindful
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500kindeful
- Englishearliest quotation 1830kindful
Earliest quotation: 1830, Robert Forby: “Men and women, horses and asses, sheep and oxen,…”
Formed from kind + -ful
Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ‘to produce’
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Proto-Germanic *kinþiz ‘kind’
Proto-West Germanic *kundi
Old English cynd ‘inherent nature’
Middle English kynde
English kind
Every English word from Middle English kindeful
Today it means
adj Natural.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English kindeful / kindful