Where does “parapluplant” come from?
parapluplant (Dutch) comes from Dutch paraplu, from French parapluie, from French pluie, from Middle French pluye, from Old French pluie, from Vulgar Latin plovia, from Latin pluvia, from Latin pluvius.
parapluplant (Dutch): umbrella papyrus, umbrella sedge, umbrella palm
Definitions
- umbrella papyrus, umbrella sedge, umbrella palm
Ancestry of “parapluplant”, step by step
parapluplant traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch paraplu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | paraplu | umbrella |
| 2 | French | parapluie | umbrella for rain |
| 3 | French | pluie | rain |
| 4 | Middle French | pluye | rain; rainfall |
| 5 | Old French | pluie | rain |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | plovia | — |
| 7 | Latin | pluvia | rain; a shower; feminine nominative singular of... |
| 8 | Latin | pluvius | rainy, bringing rain; The inner court of a... |
| 9 | Latin | pluit | It rains; it is raining |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | plowō | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pléweti | — |