Where does “opulence” come from?
Opulence comes from French opulence, derived from Latin opulentia, a noun formation using the suffix -ia added to Latin ops meaning "wealth" or "resources," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European h₃ep-.
opulence (English): wealth; abundance, bounty, profusion;...
Definitions
- wealth; abundance, bounty, profusion;...
Ancestry of “opulence”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | opulence | opulence |
| 2 | Latin | opulentia | wealth, opulence |
| 3 | Latin | opulentus | wealthy, rich; opulent |
| 4 | Latin | Ops | earth goddess, fertility deity |
| 5 | Latin | oscen | any bird by whose song cries augurs divined... |
| 6 | Latin | opscen | — |
| 7 | Latin | ob- | towards; against |
| 8 | Latin | obolus | obolus |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | ὀβολός | obol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and... |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | ὀβελός | a spit, rod; a horizontal line |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | βέλος | missile, arrow, dart; weapon; something quickly... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷélHos | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷelH- | to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing |