plenty

plenty
\ \ [13] Plenty is one of a family of English words that trace their history back to Latin plēnusfull’ (a descendant of the same Indo- European base, *plē-, as produced English full and plethora). Others include plenary [16], plenipotentiary [17], plenitude [15], plenteous [13], and replenish. Plenty itself comes via Old French plentet from the Latin derivative plenitās.
\ \ Other close relatives contributed by Latin include plural, plus, and surplus and the range of words based on the verbal element -plērefill’ – complete, deplete, implement, replete, supply, etc.
\ \ Cf.COMPLETE, DEPLETE, FULL, IMPLEMENT, PLETHORA, REPLETE, SUPPLY

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