Where does “copious” come from?
Copious comes from Middle English copious, from Latin copiosus meaning "abundant," ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European h₃ep- meaning "to seize" or "possess."
copious (English): Vast in quantity or number, profuse, abundant;...
Definitions
- Vast in quantity or number, profuse, abundant;...
Ancestry of “copious”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | copious | — |
| 2 | Latin | copiosus | copious, plentiful, abundant; prolific; eloquent |
| 3 | Latin | cōpia | supply, abundance, copiousness, wealth, riches |
| 4 | Latin | coopia | — |
| 5 | Latin | co- | allomorph of con- |
| 6 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 7 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 8 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 12 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 13 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 14 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 15 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 16 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |