Etymology

wealthy

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Today it means: Possessing financial wealth; rich. Full definition →

Middle English welthy
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wealthy · adjective, noun1

  1. Middle English · inherited fromwelthy
  2. English todaywealthy

From Middle English welthy, welþi, equivalent to wealth + -y. Cognate with Middle Dutch weldech, weeldech (“magnificent, luscious, lavish”).

Wealthy · noun2

Named by Peter Gideon (1820–1899), creator of the cultivar, after his wife, Wealthy (Hull) Gideon.

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