Where does “ploverness” come from?
ploverness (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.
ploverness (English): The essence of what it means to be a plover; the...
Definitions
- The essence of what it means to be a plover; the...
Ancestry of “ploverness”, step by step
ploverness 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 | — |
via English Ness
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ness | An Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa |
| 2 | Middle English | nesse | — |
| 3 | Old English | næs | not, not at all; not; first/third-person singular... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | nasją | foothill; headland; cape |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₂s | nose |