Etymograph

English

opplete

Opplete comes from Latin opplētus ‘filled up’, from oppleō ‘to fill’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pleh₁-1‘to fill’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*plēō1‘to fill’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpleō1‘Combining form used to form prefixed verbs with the approximate meaning "to fill"’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEoppleō2‘to fill’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEopplētus2‘filled up’perfect passive participle of oppleō
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1825opplete2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin oppleo
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English opplete
  3. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1825, Samuel Oliver: “So opplete with imperfection.”.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pleh₁-Wiktionary, Latin oppleo‘to fill’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*plēōWiktionary, Latin oppleo‘to fill’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpleōWiktionary, Latin oppleo‘Combining form used to form prefixed verbs with the approximate meaning "to fill"’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEoppleōWiktionary, English opplete‘to fill’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEopplētusWiktionary, English opplete‘filled up’perfect passive participle of oppleō
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1825oppleteWiktionary, English opplete. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1825, Samuel Oliver: “So opplete with imperfection.”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- ‘to fill’

public, full, plus, fill, complete, poll, plenty, folk, plain, popularity, comply, plural, ample, amplitude, amplify, puri, plenary, replenish, plethora, volk, plenum, fulsome, plebs, plebeian, 71 more

through Proto-Italic *plēō ‘to fill’

people, popular, publication, publican, 13 more

through Latin pleō ‘Combining form used to form prefixed verbs…’

supply, accomplish, implement, manipulation, completion, supplement, complement, depletion, replete, deplete, 9 more

Today it means

adj full; crowded

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “opplete”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin oppleo. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- / opplete

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