Fulfill
/fʊlˈfɪl/noun
To bring something to completion or carry out a promise, duty, or desire.
Did you know?The word comes from Old English and originally meant to “fill completely,” so its power-image is not mystical but intensely physical: a thing made whole, packed to the brim.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*pleh₁-
“to fill, make full”
Old English
OE
fullfyllan
“to fill completely, make full”
Middle English
ME
fulfille(n)
“to complete, carry out, satisfy”
Early Modern English
English
fulfill
“to complete or bring to realization”
Modern English
English
fulfill
“to bring to completion or carry out a promise, duty, or desire”