Other forms: abundances
Abundance is a quantity far greater than is needed. An abundance of caution, in abundance, an abundance of evidence.
An abundance of caution is the fixed phrase for doing more than strictly necessary because the risk is not worth taking. In ecology, abundance is a measured quantity: how many of a species are present in a given area.
1nounabundanceA quantity far greater than is needed.
“In summer, the market has an abundance of fresh fruit and vegetables.”
abundance is a quantity.
Also accepted in games: excess
Latin abundantia comes from abundare, to overflow — ab plus unda, a wave.
Proto-Indo-European
*wed-
Latin
abundantia — fullness, plenty
Old French
habundance
Middle English
abundaunce
English, today
abundance
Built from
From Middle English abundaunce, habaundance, from Old French habundance, abondance, from Latin abundantia (“fullness, plenty”), from abundō (“to overflow”). Equivalent to abound + ance. geniht.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA