Where does “bountiful” come from?
Bountiful derives from Middle English -ful and Old English -ful combined with Latin bonitas and bonus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- meaning to fill.
bountiful (English): Having a quantity or amount that is generous or...
Definitions
- Having a quantity or amount that is generous or...
Ancestry of “bountiful”, step by step
bountiful traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English bounty
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | bounty | Generosity; also an act of generosity; Something... |
| 2 | Middle English | bounte | goodness |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | bounté | Alternative form of bunté |
| 4 | Latin | bonitatem | accusative singular of bonitās |
| 5 | Latin | bonitas | The good quality of something; goodness,... |
| 6 | Latin | bonus | good, honest, brave, noble, kind, pleasant;... |
| 7 | Old Latin | duenos | Alternative form of duonus |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | dwenos | good |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dew- | to show favour, revere; to fail, to lag, to be... |
via English ful
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ful | — |