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Etymology

From Middle English welth (“happiness, prosperity”), alteration (due to similar words in -th: compare helth (“health”)) of wele (“wealth, well-being, weal”), from Old English wela (“wealth, prosperity”), from Proto-Germanic *wilēn, *wala-, *wula- (“well-being, prosperity”), from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“good, best”). Cognate with Old Saxon welo (“weal”), Old High German wela, wola (German Wohl, “weal, well-being”), Danish vel (“weal, welfare”). More at weal, well.

Noun

wealth (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Weal; welfare; prosperity; good; well-being; happiness; joy.
  2. Riches; valuable material possessions.
  3. A great amount; an abundance or plenty.
    She brings a wealth of knowledge to the project.
  4. Power, of the kind associated with a great deal of money.

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