Where does “pli” come from?
pli (Esperanto) comes from French plus, from Old French plus, from Latin plūs, from Old Latin plous, from Proto-Indo-European ploh₁is-.
pli (Esperanto): more
Ancestry of “pli”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | plus | more, -er; more; the most, -est |
| 2 | Old French | plus | more than |
| 3 | Latin | plūs | — |
| 4 | Old Latin | plous | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ploh₁is- | — |