Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗adv
greatly, much, very
pron
many (of).
adj
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventorymuch; many.
From Middle English fele, from Old English feola, fela (“much, many, very”), from Proto-West Germanic *felu, from Proto-Germanic *felu (“very, much”), from Proto-Indo-European *pélh₁u (“many”). Cognate with Scots fele (“many, much, great”), Dutch veel (“much, many”), German viel (“much, many”), Latin plūs (“more”), Ancient Greek πολύς (polús, “many”). Related to full, few.
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