Where does “unplentiful” come from?
unplentiful (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.
unplentiful (English): Not plentiful; few or sparse
Definitions
- Not plentiful; few or sparse
Ancestry of “unplentiful”, step by step
unplentiful 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 un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |