Where does “plente” come from?

plente (Middle English) comes from Old French plenté, from Latin plēnitātem, from Latin plenitas, from Latin plēnus, from Proto-Italic plēnos, from Proto-Indo-European pl̥h₁nós, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- — to fill.

plente (Middle English): plenty

Definitions

  1. plenty

Ancestry of “plente”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchplentéfullness; abundance; much; a lot
2Latinplēnitātem—
3LatinplenitasThe state of being full; fullness; abundance,...
4Latinplēnusfull; filled; complete
5Proto-Italicplēnosfull
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpl̥h₁nósfull
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁-to fill

Words derived from “plente”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pl̥h₁nós →Every word from Proto-Italic plēnos →