Existing or available in large quantities; plentiful and generous, often used to describe harvests, supplies, or gifts.
From 'bounty' (a reward or abundant supply) plus the suffix '-ful' (full of). 'Bounty' comes from Old French 'bonté,' meaning 'goodness,' from Latin 'bonitas.'
Thanksgiving celebrates a 'bountiful harvest,' but the word 'bounty' originally meant a reward paid by governments—showing how language shifted from describing money bounties to describing nature's generosity, reflecting humanity's changing relationship with abundance.
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