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Where does “bountifully” come from?

Bountifully is an English adverb derived from bountiful, which combines English bounty from Latin bonitas meaning "goodness," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁-.

bountifully (English): In a bountiful manner

Definitions

  1. In a bountiful manner

Ancestry of “bountifully”, 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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