Where does “plus” come from?

plus (Dutch) comes from Latin plūs, from Old Latin plous, from Proto-Indo-European ploh₁is-.

plus (Dutch): plus

Definitions

  1. plus

Ancestry of “plus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinplūsmore; more of
2Old Latinplous—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanploh₁is-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ploh₁is- →Every word from Old Latin plous →Every word from Latin plūs →