Filled
/fɪld/noun
Past tense and past participle of fill: to make or become full.
Did you know?Filled comes from Old English *fyllan*, from the same ancient root as *full* and *fulfill*, so the word has always carried the idea of bringing something to completion rather than just adding more.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*pleh₁-
“to fill, make full”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*fullijaną
“to fill, make full”
Old English
English
fyllan
“to fill, make full”
Middle English
English
fillen
“to fill”
Modern English
English
filled
“made full; supplied to capacity”