abundant

Where does the word "abundant" come from? It comes from Latin abundare, and was adopted directly into English (1300s).

Abundant’s story begins in Latin: abundare meant “to overflow.” To overflow, from ab- (away) and undare (to rise in waves). It reached English by 1300s as abundant. First recorded before 1382 in the Wycliffite Bible, the first complete English translation of the Latin Vulgate. Today, abundant means existing or available in large quantities, plentiful.

1. Stage 1 · Latin · ancient abundare "to overflow", to overflow, from ab- (away) and undare (to rise in waves).
2. Stage 2 · English · 1300s abundant "existing in large quantities, plentiful", first recorded before 1382 in the Wycliffite Bible, the first complete English translation of the Latin Vulgate.