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Abundant

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means existing or available in large quantities, plentiful
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Stage 1 of 2
abundare
Latin · ancient
"to overflow"
to overflow, from ab- (away) and undare (to rise in waves)
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Stage 2 of 2
abundant
English · 1300s
"existing in large quantities, plentiful"
settled as the English word for existing in large, plentiful quantities
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