- plethora (n.)
[plethora 词源字典]
- 1540s, a medical word for "excess of body fluid," from Late Latin plethora, from Greek plethore "fullness," from plethein "be full" (see pleio-). Figurative meaning "too-muchness, overfullness in any respect" is first recorded 1700. Related: Plethoric.[plethora etymology, plethora origin, 英语词源]