plen / ple / plet
to fill; full
Latin · plere / plenus
Latin plere 'to fill' and plenus 'full'. Plen- and plet- words show fullness: plenty is a full supply, complete is filled up, replenish fills again, plenary is attended by everyone.
Memory trick
PLENty means FULL: the glass is PLENty full, COMPLETE when nothing is missing.
Words from this root
- plenty (plen + ty) — a full supplyबहुतायत
- plenary (plen + ary) — full, attended by allपूर्ण, सब की उपस्थिति वाला
- plenum (plen + um) — a full meeting of a bodyपूर्ण सभा
- complete (com + plete) — with nothing missingपूर्ण
- completely (complete + ly) — fully, in every wayपूरी तरह
- completeness (complete + ness) — the state of being wholeपूर्णता
- completion (com + plet + ion) — the act of finishingसमापन
- incomplete (in + complete) — not finishedअधूरा
- replenish (re + plen + ish) — to fill up againफिर से भरना
- expletive (ex + plet + ive) — word filling out speech; a curseकसम, गाली