Where does “Plume” come from?
Plume (English) comes from French plume, from Italian piuma, from Spanish pluma, from Latin plūma, from Proto-Italic plouksmā, from Proto-Indo-European plúnksneh₂, from Proto-Indo-European plú-n-k-, from Proto-Indo-European plewk- — to fly, flow, run.
Ancestry of “Plume”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | plume | feather; quill; nib, the writing end of a... |
| 2 | Italian | piuma | feather, plume; down; plumage |
| 3 | Spanish | pluma | feather; pen, fountain pen; ballpoint pen |
| 4 | Latin | plūma | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | plouksmā | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | plúnksneh₂ | feather |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | plú-n-k- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | plewk- | to fly, flow, run; to splash, to flap with hands |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | plew- | to fly, flow, run |
Words derived from “Plume”