plethora
PLETH-er-uh · noun
Origin
Borrowed from Late Latin plēthōra, itself from Ancient Greek πληθώρα (plēthṓra), meaning "fullness, satiety." That Greek noun comes from the verb πλήθω (plḗthō), "to be full," plus the nominal suffix -η.
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