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.

Plume (English): A feather of a bird, especially a large or showy one used as a decoration

Definitions

  1. A feather of a bird, especially a large or showy one used as a decoration

Ancestry of “Plume”, step by step

Plume traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via French plume

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchplumefeather; quill; nib, the writing end of a...
2Italianpiumafeather, plume; down; plumage
3Spanishplumafeather; pen, fountain pen; ballpoint pen
4Latinplūmafeather, plume
5Proto-Italicplouksmā—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanplúnksneh₂feather
7Proto-Indo-Europeanplú-n-k-—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanplewk-to fly, flow, run; to splash, to flap with hands
9Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run

via Middle English plume

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishplumefeather; plumage
2Anglo-Normanplumefeather; plume
3Latinplumafeather, plume; metal scale of armor; beard-down
4Proto-Indo-Europeanplews-to pluck, a feather, fleece; to pull out, pluck
5Proto-Indo-Europeanplúsisflea

via Anglo-Norman plumer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Anglo-Normanplumerto cover with or provide with feathers
2Latinplumarepresent active infinitive of plūmō; second-person...

Words derived from “Plume”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew- →