Overabounden

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To exist or be present in an excessive quantity, far beyond what is needed or expected
2. Describing something that is plentiful to the point of overflowing its usual limits
3. Being available in a surplus amount, so that there is more than enough of something

Etymology: The core of this term is a image of water. Latin "abundare" meant "to overflow," built from "ab-" and "undare," "to surge," which comes from "unda," "wave." Something that abounds is, literally, rising in waves over its banks. The verb came into English through Old French "abonder," which carried the same sense of plenty spilling over. English speakers already had "abound" by the time the Middle English period produced "abounden," and they attached the Old English prefix "over-" to make an intensified form meaning to be in excess beyond what is needed. "Over-" is a productive English prefix, and it was often used this way in Middle English to stack emphasis on a verb. The result is a word that carries two layers of overflow: the Latin wave and the English extra measure.