Etymograph

English

repletion

Repletion comes from Old French repletion ‘repletion (fullness)’, from Latin pleō ‘Combining form used to form prefixed verbs…’, 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 CErepleō2‘to fill again, refill, replenish’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEreplētiō3as replētiō
  6. Old Frenchc. 842–1400repletion3‘repletion (fullness)’
  7. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500replecioun3
  8. Englishearliest quotation 1842repletion3

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin repleo
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Latin repletio
  3. 3 Wiktionary, English repletion
  4. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1842, anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizab, Keeping up Appearances. […]: “Fiddle de dee, the whole thing is neither more…”.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pleh₁-Wiktionary, Latin repleo‘to fill’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*plēōWiktionary, Latin repleo‘to fill’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpleōWiktionary, Latin repleo‘Combining form used to form prefixed verbs with the approximate meaning "to fill"’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CErepleōWiktionary, Latin repletio‘to fill again, refill, replenish’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEreplētiōWiktionary, English repletionas replētiō
  6. Old Frenchc. 842–1400repletionWiktionary, English repletion‘repletion (fullness)’
  7. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500repleciounWiktionary, English repletion
  8. Englishearliest quotation 1842repletionWiktionary, English repletion. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1842, anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizab, Keeping up Appearances. […]: “Fiddle de dee, the whole thing is neither more…”

Linked words

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

public, full, plus, fill, complete, plenty, poll, popularity, plain, folk, comply, plural, ample, amplitude, amplify, puri, plethora, plenary, volk, replenish, plenum, plebs, fulsome, plebeian, 72 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, supplement, complement, manipulation, completion, depletion, deplete, 10 more

Today it means

noun The condition of being replete; fullness.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “repletion”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Latin repleo, Latin repletio. 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- / repletion

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