Etymology

opulent

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Today it means: Luxuriant, and ostentatiously magnificent. Full definition →

Latin opulēns, opulentus ← Proto-Indo-European *h₃op-
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*h₃op-“to work; produce in abundance”
  2. Latin · borrowed fromopulēns, opulentus
  3. English todayopulent

Borrowed from Latin opulēns, opulentus, from ops (“wealth, power, resources”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃op- (“to work; produce in abundance”).

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