Where does “plurality” come from?

Plurality comes from French pluralité, from Latin pluralitas, derived from pluralis meaning "of or relating to more than one," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- meaning "to fill."

plurality (English): The state of being plural; The holding of...

Definitions

  1. The state of being plural; The holding of...

Ancestry of “plurality”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpluralConsisting of or containing more than one of...
2Middle Englishplurelleplural
3Old Frenchplurelplural
4Latinplūrālisplural
5Latinplūsmore; more of
6Old Latinplous
7Proto-Indo-Europeanploh₁is-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ploh₁is-
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