eş: reichlich, zahlreich, in Hülle und Fülle, häufig, oft
köken: From Middle High German vile, from Old High German filu (“many”), from Proto-West Germanic *felu, from Proto-Germanic *felu, from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-. More at fele.
eş: brâment, énormément, en sale, moult, beaufaire, bellement
köken: Inherited from Old French biau cop, first attested circa 1210. Equivalent to beau (“nice, beautiful”) + coup (“hit, strike”). The latter word also means “helping of soup or beverage”, first attested circa 1375, whose sense may have triggered or reinforced beaucoup to mean “a lot”.
aile: à beaucoup près, c'est beaucoup, de beaucoup, il s'en faut de beaucoup, pour beaucoup
köken: Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish چُوقْ (çoq), چوخ (çoḫ), from Proto-Turkic *čok (“many, very; to gather, multiply”). Cognate with Turkish çok, Gagauz çok, Crimean Tatar çoq, etc.
much, a lot · used to emphasize a comparative; much, a lot · very
eş: wiele, mnogo, sporo, mnóstwo, multum, krocie
zıt: mało, niedużo
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰewgʰ-der. Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Balto-Slavic *daugjas Proto-Slavic *dužь Polish duży Proto-Slavic *-o Old Polish -o Polish -o Polish dużo From duży + -o. First attested in 1588. Compare Kashubian dużo, and Silesian dużo.