plentevous

Middle English

Etymology

From Old French plentiveus (“fertile, rich”), from plentif (“abundant”), from plenté (“abundance”), from Latin plenitatem, accusative of plenitas (“fullness”), from plenus (“complete, full”), from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós (“full”).

Adjective

plentevous

plentiful, abundant
- Chaucer
  Withoute bake mete was nevere his hous,
  Of fissh and flessh, and that so plentevous
  It snewed in his hous of mete and drynke.

Derived terms

plentevously

Descendants

English: plenteous

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