Copious
/ˈkoʊ.pi.əs/noun
Abundant in quantity or amount.
Did you know?Copious comes from Latin *cōpiae*, meaning not just “plenty,” but also “resources” and “troops,” so abundance and power were linked in the Roman mind.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*kap-
“to grasp, seize”
Latin
Latin
copia
“abundance, plenty; resources, supply”
Late Latin
Latin
copiosus
“abundant, plentiful”
Middle English
English
copious
“abundant, plentiful in supply”
Modern English
English
copious
“abundant in amount or number”
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