Where does “antipluvial” come from?
antipluvial (English) comes from English pluvial, from French pluvial, from Old French pluvial, from Latin pluvialis, from Latin pluvia, from Latin pluvius, from Latin pluit, from Proto-Italic plowō.
antipluvial (English): Combatting or protecting one from the rain
Definitions
- Combatting or protecting one from the rain
Ancestry of “antipluvial”, step by step
antipluvial traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English pluvial
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pluvial | Of, pertaining to, or produced by rain; occurring... |
| 2 | French | pluvial | pluvial, rain |
| 3 | Old French | pluvial | — |
| 4 | Latin | pluvialis | Of or pertaining to rain; rainy, bringing rain |
| 5 | Latin | pluvia | rain; a shower; feminine nominative singular of... |
| 6 | Latin | pluvius | rainy, bringing rain; The inner court of a... |
| 7 | Latin | pluit | It rains; it is raining |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | plowō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pléweti | — |