Where does “paraplu” come from?
paraplu (Dutch) comes from French parapluie, from French pluie, from Middle French pluye, from Old French pluie, from Vulgar Latin plovia, from Latin pluvia, from Latin pluvius, from Latin pluit.
paraplu (Dutch): umbrella
Ancestry of “paraplu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | parapluie | umbrella for rain |
| 2 | French | pluie | rain |
| 3 | Middle French | pluye | rain; rainfall |
| 4 | Old French | pluie | rain |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | plovia | — |
| 6 | Latin | pluvia | rain; a shower; feminine nominative singular of... |
| 7 | Latin | pluvius | rainy, bringing rain; The inner court of a... |
| 8 | Latin | pluit | It rains; it is raining |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | plowō | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pléweti | — |
Words derived from “paraplu”