Where does “plietiĝi” come from?

plietiĝi (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto pli, from French plus, from Old French plus, from Latin plūs, from Old Latin plous, from Proto-Indo-European ploh₁is-.

plietiĝi (Esperanto): to become smaller

Definitions

  1. to become smaller

Ancestry of “plietiĝi”, step by step

plietiĝi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Esperanto pli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantoplimore
2Frenchplusmore, -er; more; the most, -est
3Old Frenchplusmore than
4Latinplūsmore; more of
5Old Latinplous
6Proto-Indo-Europeanploh₁is-

via Esperanto eta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantoetasmall, little, tiny, minuscule, slight
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ploh₁is-