wealth

Pronunciation: /wɛlθ/

The English word “wealth” has 3 meanings listed here.

noun

Riches; a great amount of valuable assets or material possessions.
A great amount; an abundance or plenty.
Prosperity; well-being; happiness.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English welth, welthe (“happiness, prosperity”), from Old English *welþ, *welþu, from Proto-West Germanic *waliþu (“wealth”). Alternatively, possibly an alteration (due to similar words in -th: compare helth (“health”), derth (“dearth”)) of wele (“wealth, well-being, weal”), from Old English wela (“wealth, prosperity”), from Proto-Germanic *walô (“well-being, prosperity”),…

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