much
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much † great (surviving in place-names, as
M. Wenlock); great amount of XIII; adv. greatly; sb. great deal XIV. ME.
muche,
moche, shortening of
muchel,
mochel, repr. late OE.
myċel, var. of
micel = OS.
mikil, OHG.
michil, ON.
mikill, Goth.
mikils; Gmc. deriv. of IE. *
meg-, repr. by L.
magnus, Gr.
mégas, Skr.
mahā- great.
Hence
muchly XVII (in XIX a new joc. formation).
muchness XIV (
m. of a muchness XVIII).
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Leonid Maksimovich Leonov
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