plentevous

Middle English

Etymology

From Old French plentiveus (“fertile, rich”), from plentif (“abundant”), from plenté (“abundance”), from Latin plenitatem, accusative of plenitas (“fullness”), from plenus (“complete, full”), from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós (“full”).

Adjective

plentevous

1. plentiful, abundant
   • Chaucer

     Withoute bake mete was nevere his hous,
     Of fissh and flessh, and that so plentevous
     It snewed in his hous of mete and drynke.

Derived terms

• plentevously

Descendants

• English: plenteous