Where does “plovercrest” come from?
plovercrest (English) comes from English plover, from Old French plover, from Old French plovier, from Latin pluviārius, from Latin pluvia, from Latin pluvius, from Latin pluit, from Proto-Italic plowō.
plovercrest (English): A hummingbird of the genus Stephanoxis, native to Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay
Definitions
- A hummingbird of the genus Stephanoxis, native to Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay
Ancestry of “plovercrest”, step by step
plovercrest traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English plover
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | plover | Any of various wading birds of the family... |
| 2 | Old French | plover | Alternative form of plovoir |
| 3 | Old French | plovier | plover |
| 4 | Latin | pluviārius | — |
| 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 | — |