Where does “plevier” come from?

plevier (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch pluvier, from Old French plovier, from Latin pluviārius, from Latin pluvia, from Latin pluvius, from Latin pluit, from Proto-Italic plowō, from Proto-Indo-European pléweti.

plevier (Dutch): plover, certain waders of the family Charadriidae

Definitions

  1. plover, certain waders of the family Charadriidae

Ancestry of “plevier”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchpluvier—
2Old Frenchplovierplover
3Latinpluviārius—
4Latinpluviarain; a shower; feminine nominative singular of...
5Latinpluviusrainy, bringing rain; The inner court of a...
6LatinpluitIt rains; it is raining
7Proto-Italicplowō—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpléweti—

Words derived from “plevier”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pléweti →Every word from Proto-Italic plowō →Every word from Latin pluit →