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Where does “bountifuller” come from?

bountifuller (English) comes from English bountiful, from English bounty, from Middle English bounte, from Anglo-Norman bounté, from Latin bonitatem, from Latin bonitas, from Latin bonus, from Old Latin duenos — to show favour, revere; to fail, to lag, to be...

bountifuller (English): comparative form of bountiful: more bountiful

Definitions

  1. comparative form of bountiful: more bountiful

Ancestry of “bountifuller”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbountifulHaving a quantity or amount that is generous or...
2EnglishbountyGenerosity; also an act of generosity; Something...
3Middle Englishbountegoodness
4Anglo-NormanbountéAlternative form of bunté
5Latinbonitatemaccusative singular of bonitās
6LatinbonitasThe good quality of something; goodness,...
7Latinbonusgood, honest, brave, noble, kind, pleasant;...
8Old LatinduenosAlternative form of duonus
9Proto-Italicdwenosgood
10Proto-Indo-Europeandew-to show favour, revere; to fail, to lag, to be...
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