Where does “plover” come from?
Plover comes from Old French plovier, from Latin plovarius, ultimately derived from the Proto-Indo-European root plew- meaning to flow or swim.
plover (English): Any of various wading birds of the family...
Definitions
- Any of various wading birds of the family...
Ancestry of “plover”, step by step
plover traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old French plover
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | plover | Alternative form of plovoir |
| 2 | Old French | plovier | plover |
| 3 | Latin | pluviārius | — |
| 4 | Latin | pluvia | rain; a shower; feminine nominative singular of... |
| 5 | Latin | pluvius | rainy, bringing rain; The inner court of a... |
| 6 | Latin | pluit | It rains; it is raining |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | plowō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pléweti | — |
via Old French pluvier
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | pluvier | — |