Where does “superabundance” come from?
Superabundance derives from Old French superabundance, from Latin superabundantia, from Latin superabundare, combining Latin super- with abundare, which comes from Latin ab-.
superabundance (English): An extreme abundance; abundance to a vast degree...
Definitions
- An extreme abundance; abundance to a vast degree...
Ancestry of “superabundance”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | abundance | A large quantity; many; An overflowing fullness... |
| 2 | Middle English | abundaunce | — |
| 3 | Old French | habundance | Alternative form of abondance |
| 4 | Latin | abundantia | abundance; vocative singular of abundantia;... |
| 5 | Latin | abundō | to overflow, flow over or down |
| 6 | Latin | undō | to rise in waves |
| 7 | Latin | unda | wave; billow |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wódr̥ | water |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | wed- | water |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | wey- | to wither; fade; to move, go ahead; to be strong;... |