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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s Proto-Indo-European *-lósder. Proto-Germanic *-ilaz Proto-Germanic *mikilaz Proto-West Germanic *mikil Old English miċel Middle English muchel Middle English muche English much From Middle English muche (“much, great”), apocopated variant of muchel (“much, great”), from Old English myċel, miċel (“big, much”), from Proto-West Germanic *mikil, from Proto-Germanic *mikilaz (“great, many, much”), from Proto-Indo-European *meǵh₂- (“big, stour, great”). See also mickle, muckle. Cognates Cognate with Scots mickle, mukill, mekil, mikil (“big, large, great, much”), Middle Dutch mēkel (“great, many, much”), Middle High German michel ("great, many, much"; > German michel (“great, big, large”)), Norwegian Bokmål mye (“much”), Norwegian Nynorsk mykje (“much”), Swedish mycket (“much”), Danish meget (“much”), Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐌺𐌹𐌻𐍃 (mikils, “great, many”), Ancient Greek μέγας (mégas, “large, great”), Modern Greek μεγάλος (megálos, “large, great”). Note that English much is not related to Spanish mucho, and their resemblance in both form and meaning is purely coincidental, as mucho derives from Latin multus and is not related to the Germanic forms. Instead, related to Spanish maño.

  1. derived from *meǵh₂-✻ — “big, stour, great”
  2. inherited from *mikilaz✻ — “great, many, much”
  3. inherited from *mikil✻
  4. inherited from myċel
  5. inherited from muche — “much, great”

Definitions

  1. A large amount of.

    • Do you think I have much chance of catching the train on time?
    • After much discussion, we decided to set about the task with much enthusiasm.
    • Did you do much running last summer?

  2. Used to indicate, demonstrate or compare the quantity of something.

    • Add this much water and no more.
    • Take as much time as you like.

  3. A great number of

    A great number of; many (people).

    • ye shall not nede to seke hym soo ferre sayd the Kynge / for as I here saye sir Launcelot will abyde me and yow in the Ioyous gard / and moche peple draweth vnto hym as I here saye
    • When Jesus was come downe from the mountayne, moch people folowed him.
    • There wasn't much people about that day.
  4. ›+ 10 more definitions

    1. many ( + plural countable noun).

      • They got so much things to say right now, they got so much things to say.

    2. Large, great.

    3. Long in duration.

    4. To a great extent.

      • I don't like melon much, and I don’t much care for milk chocolate either: I find them both much too sweet.
      • However much I eat, I never get fat.
      • He left her, much to the satisfaction of her other suitor.

    5. Often

      Often; frequently.

      • Does he get drunk much?

    6. Used to indicate or compare extent.

      • I don't like Wagner as much as I like Mozart.

    7. Combining with an adjective or (occasionally) a noun, used in a rhetorical question to…

      Combining with an adjective or (occasionally) a noun, used in a rhetorical question to mock someone for having the specified quality.

      • Jamie's always preaching about how we need to save a planet when she drives literally everywhere she goes. Like, hypocritical much?
      • The moment you've been waiting for—the lowdown on the Overstock hottie. I talked to her by phone last week. (Jealous much, gentlemen? Ad Report Card talks to all the fine ladies.)
      • Well, on the grounds of this, what if I told you the brand's latest launch goes against the latter and instead, is the first product in an opaque lip crème line? Screaming, crying, throwing up, much?

    8. Almost.

    9. A large amount or great extent.

      • From those to whom much has been given much is expected.
      • We lay awake for much of the night.
      • Much of literature is concerned with stylistics.

    10. A surname from German.

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No curated loop yet for much. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA