Where does “amply” come from?
Amply comes from Middle English -ly adverbial suffix added to Middle French ample, from Latin amplus meaning spacious or wide, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ḱóm.
amply (English): In an ample manner
Definitions
- In an ample manner
Ancestry of “amply”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ample | Large; great in size, extent, capacity, or bulk;... |
| 2 | Middle English | ample | ample, copious, profuse |
| 3 | Middle French | ample | — |
| 4 | Old French | ample | — |
| 5 | Latin | amplus | large, spacious, roomy; abundant, ample;... |
| 6 | Latin | -ō | suffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |