English
replete
Replete comes from Latin repletus ‘refilled, replenished, repleted, having been…’, from pleō ‘Combining form used to form prefixed verbs…’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pleh₁-‘to fill’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*plēō‘to fill’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpleō‘Combining form used to form prefixed verbs with the approximate meaning "to fill"’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErepleō‘refill’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErepletus‘refilled, replenished, repleted, having been refilled’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400replet
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500replete
- Englishearliest quotation 1730same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pleh₁-‘to fill’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*plēō‘to fill’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpleō‘Combining form used to form prefixed verbs with the approximate meaning "to fill"’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErepleō‘refill’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErepletus‘refilled, replenished, repleted, having been refilled’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400replet
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500replete
- Englishearliest quotation 1730same form
Earliest quotation: 1730, Jonathan Swift: “A peacock reign'd, whose glorious sway His subjects with…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- ‘to fill’
public, full, plus, fill, complete, poll, plenty, popularity, folk, plain, comply, plural, ample, amplitude, amplify, puri, plenary, plethora, volk, plenum, fulsome, plebs, plebeian, 73 more
through Proto-Italic *plēō ‘to fill’
people, popular, publication, publican, 14 more
through Latin pleō ‘Combining form used to form prefixed verbs…’
supply, accomplish, implement, manipulation, completion, supplement, complement, depletion, deplete, 10 more
Today it means
adj Abounding, amply provided.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- / replete