Wonderful etymology

English

English word wonderful comes from Old English wundor (Wonder.), Old English -ful (Full of; -ful.)

Etymology of wonderful

Detailed word origin of wonderful

Dictionary entry Language Definition
wundor Old English (ang) Wonder.
-ful Old English (ang) Full of; -ful.
wundorful Old English (ang) Wonderful, glorious.
wondirful Middle English (enm)
wonderful English (en) (now, _, rare) Tending to excite wonder; surprising, extraordinary.. Surprisingly excellent; very good or admirable, extremely impressive. (dialect) Exceedingly, to a great extent.

Words with the same origin as wonderful

Descendants of wundor

wonder

Descendants of -ful

awful beautiful helpful meaningful useful