English
lapful
From lap + -ful.
Formed from lap + -ful
Proto-Germanic *lappô ‘cloth’
Proto-West Germanic *lappō
Old English læppa ‘skirt or flap of a garment’
Middle English lappe
English lap
Today it means
noun As much as somebody's lap can hold.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / lapful