Where does “plural” come from?

Plural comes from Middle English plurelle, from Old French plurel, from Latin pluralis, formed from the Latin suffix -alis added to a root from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁-, meaning to fill or multiply.

plural (English): Consisting of or containing more than one of...

Definitions

  1. Consisting of or containing more than one of...

Ancestry of “plural”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishplurelleplural
2Old Frenchplurelplural
3Latinplūrālisplural
4Latinplūsmore; more of
5Old Latinplous—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanploh₁is-—

Words derived from “plural”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ploh₁is- →Every word from Old Latin plous →Every word from Latin plūs →