Where does “plus” come from?

Plus comes from Latin plus, derived from Proto-Indo-European plē-, which developed from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁-, meaning to fill or be full.

plus (English): And; sum of the previous one and the following...

Definitions

  1. And; sum of the previous one and the following...

Ancestry of “plus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinplūsmore; more of
2Old Latinplous—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanploh₁is-—

Words derived from “plus”

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