Where does “abounde” come from?
abounde (Middle English) comes from Old French abunder, from Latin abundare, from Latin abundo, from Latin undo, from Latin unda, from Proto-Indo-European wódr̥, from Proto-Indo-European wed-, from Proto-Indo-European wey- — to wither; fade; to move, go ahead; to be strong;...
Ancestry of “abounde”, step by step
abounde traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old French abunder
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | abunder | — |
| 2 | Latin | abundare | present active infinitive of abundō |
| 3 | Latin | abundo | I overflow, flow over or down; I abound or... |
| 4 | Latin | undo | I rise in waves; I overflow with, abound in; I... |
| 5 | Latin | unda | wave; billow |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | wódr̥ | water |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wed- | water |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wey- | to wither; fade; to move, go ahead; to be strong;... |
via Old French abonder
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | abonder | to abound |
| 2 | Latin | abundō | to overflow, flow over or down |
| 3 | Latin | undō | to rise in waves |
| 4 | Latin | -ō | suffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |