Whole etymology

English

English word whole comes from Proto-Indo-European *kei-, Proto-Indo-European *kóh₂ilus, Proto-Indo-European *kóylos, Proto-Indo-European *koyl-, Proto-Indo-European *kóh₂ilos, Proto-Indo-European *kuH-, Proto-Indo-European *ḱowH-, Proto-Germanic *hailaz (Omen, portent.)

Etymology of whole

Detailed word origin of whole

Dictionary entry Language Definition
*kei- Proto-Indo-European (ine)
*kóh₂ilus Proto-Indo-European (ine)
*kóylos Proto-Indo-European (ine)
*koyl- Proto-Indo-European (ine)
*kóh₂ilos Proto-Indo-European (ine)
*kuH- Proto-Indo-European (ine)
*ḱowH- Proto-Indo-European (ine)
*hailaz Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) Omen, portent.
*koil- Proto-Indo-European (ine)
*hailaz Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) Entire, complete. Healthy, sound. Whole, unbroken, intact.
*ḱuHlós Proto-Germanic (gem-pro)
*hulaz Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) Hollow.
*hulą Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) A hollow; depression; hole.
hol Old English (ang) A hole, a hollow Calumny; slander.
*hailzą Proto-Germanic (gem-pro)
hal Old English (ang) Sound, healthy, intact. Whole, undivided.
heill Old Norse (non)
hāl Old English (ang)
hool Middle English (enm)
whole English (en) An entirety.. Something complete, without any parts missing. (colloquial) In entirety; entirely; wholly. (of food) From which none of its constituents has been removed.. Entire.. Sound, uninjured, healthy.

Words with the same origin as whole

Descendants of *kóh₂ilus

hail hallowed heal healthy holiness holly

Descendants of *kuH-

holler