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Where does “pluvial” come from?

pluvial (English) comes from French pluvial, from Old French pluvial, from Latin pluvialis, from Latin pluvia, from Latin pluvius, from Latin pluit, from Proto-Italic plowō, from Proto-Indo-European pléweti.

pluvial (English): Of, pertaining to, or produced by rain; occurring...

Definitions

  1. Of, pertaining to, or produced by rain; occurring...

Ancestry of “pluvial”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpluvial—
2Old Frenchpluvial—
3LatinpluvialisOf or pertaining to rain; rainy, bringing rain
4Latinpluviarain; a shower; feminine nominative singular of...
5Latinpluviusrainy, bringing rain; The inner court of a...
6LatinpluitIt rains; it is raining
7Proto-Italicplowō—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpléweti—

Words derived from “pluvial”

  • interpluvial
  • nonpluvial
  • antipluvial
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pléweti →