Prosperity is the state of doing well and having plenty. Economic prosperity, years of prosperity, share the prosperity.
It means more than wealth: prosperity implies a general condition of things going well rather than a large bank balance. Peace and prosperity is the standard pairing in speeches. Note prosper, prosperous; and that prosperity comes from a Latin phrase about things turning out as hoped, which is why it suits a whole society better than it suits one person's income.
1nounprosperityThe state of doing well and having plenty.
“The new port brought prosperity to the small fishing town.”
prosperity is a state of doing well.
Latin prosperitas comes from prosperus, favourable — probably from pro spere, according to hope. Prosperity is literally things going as you hoped, which is a broader idea than money.
Latin
prosperitās
Old French
prosperitet
Middle English
prosperite
English, today
prosperity
From Middle English prosperite, from Old French prosperitet, from Latin prosperitās, equivalent to prosper + -ity.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA