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Where does “plenitude” come from?

Plenitude comes from Middle English plenitude, from Middle French plenitude, from Latin plenitudo meaning fullness, derived from Latin plenus meaning full, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- meaning to fill.

plenitude (English): Fullness; completeness; An abundance; a full...

Definitions

  1. Fullness; completeness; An abundance; a full...

Ancestry of “plenitude”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishplenitude—
2Latinplenitudofullness, abundance, plenitude; thickness
3Latinplēnus—
4Proto-Italicplēnosfull
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpl̥h₁nósfull
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁-to fill

Words derived from “plenitude”

  • plentitude
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