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-ful

//fʊl// suffix

Definitions

Suffix
  1. 1
    Used to form adjectives from nouns, with the sense of being full of, tending to, or thoroughly possessing the quality expressed by the noun. morpheme

    "sin + -ful → sinful"

  2. 2
    Used to form nouns from nouns meaning “as much as can be held by what is denoted by the noun” morpheme

    "bowl + -ful → bowlful"

Etymology

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle English -ful, -full, from Old English -ful, -full (“full of; -ful”), from Proto-Germanic *-fullaz (“-ful”), from Proto-Germanic *fullaz (“full”); see full. Cognate with Scots -fu, Saterland Frisian -ful (“-ful”), West Frisian -fol (“-ful”), Dutch -vol (“-ful”), German -voll (“-ful”), Swedish -full (“-ful”), Danish -fuld (“-ful”), Icelandic -fullur, -fyllur (“-ful”).

Etymology 2

Inherited from Middle English -ful, from Old English -ful, -full, from Proto-Germanic *fullō, *fullijô (“filling”).

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