Etymology

plenum

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Today it means: A space that is completely filled with matter. Full definition →

Latin plēnum n ← Russian пле́нум
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The story

  1. Russian · semantic loan fromпле́нум“plenary session”
  2. Latin · derived fromplēnum n“space filled with matter”
  3. English todayplenum

From Latin plēnum n (“space filled with matter”), from plēnus (“full”). The sense of "legislative meeting" is a semantic loan from Russian пле́нум (plénum, “plenary session”), from the same Latin source.

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