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Plenty

4 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means a large or more than sufficient quantity or amount of something
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Stage 1 of 4
plenus
Latin · ancient
"full"
full
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Stage 2 of 4
plenitas
Latin · ancient
"fullness, abundance"
fullness, abundance, from plenus
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Stage 3 of 4
plente
Old French · medieval
"a large or sufficient quantity"
carried into French for a large or sufficient quantity
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Stage 4 of 4
plenty
English · 1200s
"a large or sufficient quantity of something"
settled as the English word for a large or sufficient quantity of something
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