-ful | Search Online Etymology Dictionary

c. 1300, from ire (n.) + -ful. Related: Irefully.

late Old English wunderfoll; see wonder (n.) + -ful. Related: Wonderfully.

"habitually speaking truth," 1590s, from truth + -ful. Related: Truthfully; truthfulness.

"full of meaning, significant," 1827, from meaning (n.) + -ful. Related: Meaningfully; meaningfulness.

1580s, from obsolete venge (v.) "take revenge" + -ful. Related: Vengefully; vengefulness.

figuratively, "enough and more," 1530s, from belly (n.) + -ful. Older than the literal sense (1570s).

"inconstant, fickle," c. 1600, from change (n.) + -ful. Related: Changefulness.

"praying much, devout," 1620s, from prayer + -ful. Related: Prayerfully; prayerfulness.

"as much as will fill a pocket," 1610s, from pocket (n.) + -ful.

1844, from tact + -ful. Related: Tactfully; tactfulness.