Where does “overplentiful” come from?
overplentiful (English) comes from English plentiful, from English plenty, from Middle English plentie, from Anglo-Norman plenté, from Old French plenté, from Latin plēnitātem, from Latin plenitas, from Latin plēnus — to fill.
overplentiful (English): Excessively plentiful
Definitions
- Excessively plentiful
Ancestry of “overplentiful”, step by step
overplentiful traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English plentiful
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | plentiful | Existing in large number or ample amount;... |
| 2 | English | plenty | A more-than-adequate amount; More than enough;... |
| 3 | Middle English | plentie | — |
| 4 | Anglo-Norman | plenté | fullness; abundance; much; a lot |
| 5 | Old French | plenté | fullness; abundance; much; a lot |
| 6 | Latin | plēnitātem | — |
| 7 | Latin | plenitas | The state of being full; fullness; abundance,... |
| 8 | Latin | plēnus | full; filled; complete |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | plēnos | full |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pl̥h₁nós | full |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pleh₁- | to fill |
via English over
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | over | Discontinued; ended or concluded; Thoroughly;... |
| 2 | Middle English | over | riverbank, seashore, brink |
| 3 | Old English | ōfer | riverbank, seashore, brink, edge, margin, border |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | obar | over, above |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | uber | over; over, above |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | upér | above; over |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | upó | under, below |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ewp- | — |