beaucoup

Etymology
Borrowed from. Popularized by the American GIs during the Vietnam War.

Determiner

 * 1)  Much, many, a lot of.

Noun

 * 1) An abundance.

Adverb

 * 1) In abundance.

Etymology
, first attested circa 1210. Equivalent to. 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”.

Adverb

 * 1) much, very much, a lot