The story
- Proto-Indo-European*h₃emh₃-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₃emh₃-lo-s
- Proto-Italic*amlos?
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts?
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂m̥bʰí
- Proto-Italic*amβi-
- Latinambi-
- Proto-Indo-European*pleh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*pl̥h₁nós
- Proto-Italic*plēnos
- Latinplēnus?
- Latinambiplus?
- Latinamplus
- Old Frenchample
- Middle Frenchample
- Middle Englishample
- English todayample
From late Middle English ample, from Middle French ample, from Latin amplus (“large”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.