English
plenitudinous
Plenitudinous comes from Latin plēnitūdō ‘fullness, abundance, plenitude’, from plēnus ‘full, filled, complete’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- ‘to fill’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pleh₁-‘to fill’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*pl̥h₁nós‘full’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*plēnos‘full’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEplēnus‘full, filled, complete’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEplēnitūdōas plēnitūdin-‘fullness, abundance, plenitude’
- Englishearliest quotation 2007plenitudinous
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pleh₁-‘to fill’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*pl̥h₁nós‘full’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*plēnos‘full’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEplēnus‘full, filled, complete’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEplēnitūdōas plēnitūdin-‘fullness, abundance, plenitude’
- Englishearliest quotation 2007plenitudinous
Earliest quotation: 2007, John Hawthorne, The many minds account of vagueness: “Our view relies on a plenitudinous metaphysics to which…”
Formed from -ous
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- ‘to fill’
people, public, popular, complete, supply, plus, poll, folk, completion, accomplish, comply, implement, manipulation, supplement, complement, plural, plethora, depletion, puri, replete, volk, deplete, plebs, plebeian, 74 more
through Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós ‘full’
through Latin plēnus ‘full, filled, complete’
plenty, plain, ample, amplify, amplitude, plenary, replenish, plenum, 14 more
Today it means
adj Characterised by plenitude; abundant
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- / plenitudinous