plethorically

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*pleh₁-“to fill”
2. Ancient Greek · derived fromπληθώρα“plethora”
3. Koine Greek · derived fromπληθωρικός“plethoric”
4. Late Latin · derived fromplethoricus
5. Middle English · inherited fromplectorik“swollen, plethoric; a swelling, plethora”
6. English todayplethorically

From plethoric + -ally (suffix forming adverbs from adjectives). Plethoric is derived from Middle English plectorik (“swollen, plethoric; a swelling, plethora”) [and other forms], from Late Latin plethoricus, plectoricus (“plethoric”), from Koine Greek πληθωρικός (plēthōrikós, “plethoric”), from Ancient Greek πληθώρα (plēthṓra, “plethora”) + -ικός (-ikós, suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to, in the manner of’, forming adjectives from nouns); πληθώρα (plēthṓra) is from πληθώρη (plēthṓrē, “fullness; generation of blood or humors by the body”) (from πλήθω (plḗthō, “to be or become full, swell”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- (“to fill”)) + -ᾱ (-ā) (variant of -η (-ē, suffix forming action nouns from verbs)).

Words from the same roots

First known use, by meaning

• from 1804 In a plethoric manner: excessively, overabundantly.